Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

@rollup/plugin-typescript provides seamless integration between Rollup and TypeScript, easing the process of incorporating TypeScript code into Rollup-based projects. Comparing version 8.2.0 with its preceding stable version, 8.1.1, reveals some incremental improvements. Both versions share the same core dependencies: resolve and @rollup/pluginutils, essential for module resolution and plugin utility functionalities, respectively. Similarly, their development dependencies, including tools like buble, rollup, typescript, @types/node, @rollup/plugin-buble, @rollup/plugin-commonjs, and even an older version of itself @rollup/plugin-typescript, for testing purposes, remain consistent, indicating that the fundamental build and testing processes haven't undergone major alterations. The peer dependencies, tslib, rollup, and typescript, also stay the same, ensuring compatibility with existing projects utilizing specific versions of these libraries.

The primary difference lies in the increased unpacked size of version 8.2.0 (92425 bytes) compared to 8.1.1 (88196 bytes). A notable difference is that the newer version was released on February 14, 2021, while the old version was released on January 29, 2021. This likely reflects minor bug fixes, performance optimizations, or perhaps the inclusion of new features or enhanced type definitions that contribute to the slightly larger footprint. Developers considering upgrading should weigh the benefits of these potential improvements against any risk (though minimal) of introducing regressions. If you're already using @rollup/plugin-typescript, upgrading to 8.2.0 is generally recommended to leverage the latest enhancements. If this is a new project, using latest stable version should be your default path.