@types/eslint provides TypeScript definitions for ESLint, enabling developers to leverage static typing and improve code quality when working with ESLint in TypeScript projects. Comparing version 8.37.0 (released March 29, 2023) to the older stable version 8.21.3 (released March 19, 2023), a key difference is the release date, suggesting updates incorporating recent ESLint features and bug fixes. Both versions maintain the same dependencies: @types/estree and @types/json-schema, used to represent the abstract syntax tree and JSON schema respectively, on which ESLint relies. While the file count remains consistent at 17 files, a small change is visible in the unpacked size, slightly decreasing from 176567 bytes in version 8.21.3 to 176528 bytes in version 8.37.0. This suggests that version 8.37.0 has some internal optimization or refactoring.
For developers, this means upgrading to version 8.37.0 offers the benefits of the latest type definitions, better aligning with the current ESLint ecosystem while ensuring type safety and enabling features like autocompletion and compile-time error checking in their IDEs. The repository location remains consistent, pointing to the DefinitelyTyped repository on GitHub, where one can find the source code and contribute to the project. The MIT license ensures this package is free to use in almost any project, commercial or otherwise. Since only 10 days were passed between the releases, it is likely that new functionalities were added or bugs were fixed and the upgrade to the newest version is highly suggested.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 8.37.0 of the package @types/eslint