Cross-env is a valuable npm package designed to solve the common problem of setting and using environment variables consistently across different operating systems. Versions 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 offer the same core functionality: enabling developers to write scripts that rely on environment variables without needing to worry about platform-specific syntax. Both versions share identical dependencies, cross-spawn (version ^7.0.1), which handles cross-platform process spawning, and kcd-scripts (version ^5.2.0), intended for streamlining common development tasks. The MIT license ensures that the package remains free and open-source, suitable for a wide range of projects.
While the core functionality remains the same, the key difference lies in the release date and the dist metadata. Version 7.0.2 was released on March 5th 2020, two days after 7.0.1 .The unpackedSize is slightly smaller in 7.0.2 (27361 bytes) compared to 7.0.1 (28923 bytes). This suggests possible minor code optimizations or adjustments occurred between the two versions, even if the API and feature set remained unchanged. It's essential to look at the changes log of the version upgrade to understand if this upgrade brings benefits or not. For developers these versions ensure consistent environment variable handling. If you already use cross-env 7.0.1 and things works fine, it may be not mandatory to upgrade. Consider upgrading if you didn't face any error and you want to stay up to date, or you observed issues that this version fixes. As always, you can use the diff tools to check the exact changed lines to see it it could worth upgrading.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 7.0.2 of the package cross-env