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prebuildify

2.4.0

Comparision Betweeen 2.4.0 and 2.3.4

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Version 2.4.0 Details

Prebuildify is a command-line tool designed to streamline the creation and packaging of prebuilt binaries for Node.js native modules. This is valuable for developers aiming to distribute their modules across different platforms and Node.js versions without requiring users to compile from source during installation, speeding up the process and reducing potential build errors.

Comparing version 2.4.0 with its predecessor, 2.3.4, presents a subtle yet noteworthy update chronology. Both versions share identical core dependencies, including execspawn for executing child processes, minimist for argument parsing, mkdirp for creating directories, node-abi for Node.js ABI version detection, and xtend for object extension. Their development dependencies are likewise the same, featuring nan for supporting older Node.js versions with native addons, standard for code style enforcement, and tape for testing.

The key difference largely rests in their release timestamps. Version 2.4.0 appeared approximately an hour and twenty minutes after version 2.3.4 on June 7th, 2017. While the changelog is not directly available within the provided data, the immediate succession hints at a quick patch or minor enhancement, potentially addressing a bug fix, a small feature addition, or perhaps internal optimization. For developers, this encourages using the newer version (2.4.0) to benefit from the latest, albeit potentially minor, improvements ensuring stability and reliability in their native module prebuild workflow. The library remains under the MIT license.

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