React-dom version 16.8.2 represents a minor update over the previous stable version 16.8.1, providing incremental improvements and bug fixes tailored for developers utilizing React in web applications. Both versions share the same core description: a React package facilitating interactions with the Document Object Model (DOM). Key dependencies, including prop-types, loose-envify, and object-assign, remain consistent, ensuring compatibility and predictable behavior for existing projects. The peer dependency on react continues to be ^16.0.0, highlighting that both react-dom versions are compatible with React versions starting from 16.0.0. While the fundamental architecture and licensing (MIT) are unchanged, a notable difference emerges in the scheduler dependency, with version 16.8.2 depending on scheduler ^0.13.2 versus ^0.13.1 in version 16.8.1. This suggests potential enhancements or fixes within the scheduler, likely related to task prioritization and background processing within React's rendering pipeline. Furthermore, the slight increase in unpackedSize from 4663059 to 4726725 bytes indicates more code or data was included that usually means an additional feature or set of bug fixes for developers or an additional feature. Both versions maintain the same file count of 46. Version 16.8.2 was released on February 14, 2019, subsequent to the February 6, 2019 release of version 16.8.1, making it the newer and recommended option for developers who want the latest fixes and improvements. The react-dom package provides the functionality of the render() and hydrate() methods, and is the entry point to use React in the browser.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 16.8.2 of the package react-dom