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mime

2.4.2

Comparision Betweeen 2.4.2 and 2.4.1

Identify the differences between the current version of the package and the previous one.

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Unpacked Size

72.62 KB

72.39 KB

Version 2.4.2 Details

Mime version 2.4.2 represents a subtle yet potentially important update to the mime-type mapping library compared to its predecessor, version 2.4.1. Both versions share the same core functionality, description ("A comprehensive library for mime-type mapping"), and development dependencies, indicating stability in the build and testing processes. These dependencies include tools like Chalk for terminal styling, Mocha for testing, Runmd for documentation, ESLint for code linting, mime-db and mime-types for maintaining the mime-type database, Benchmark for performance analysis, mime-score for matching mime types, and Standard-version for managing version releases.

The key distinctions lie in the "dist" section and the "releaseDate". Version 2.4.2 was released on April 7, 2019, while version 2.4.1 was released on April 3, 2019, which means a difference of 4 days between one release and the other. The fact that the "unpackedSize" value has increased from 74127 to 74360, signals some changes have been added to the new version of the package, so developers should expect that a different number of mime types maps were added or updated. Because is such a small package, it's unlikely the performance has had any compromise and it's still fast.

For developers, these minor version updates are extremely important because it shows the library continues to be supported. If they are already using mime library, they could update to the latest minor version (2.4.2) to ensure they are using an up-to-date version of the package.

Security Vulnerabilities

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