Read-pkg-up version 9.0.0 represents an upgrade over the previous stable version 8.0.0, incorporating notable updates to its dependencies. Developers leveraging this utility for locating the nearest package.json file will find that version 9.0.0 relies on newer releases of crucial packages: find-up, read-pkg, and type-fest. Specifically, find-up advances from ^5.0.0 to ^6.2.0, read-pkg jumps from ^6.0.0 to ^7.0.0, and type-fest sees a significant leap from ^1.0.1 to ^2.5.0.
These dependency upgrades likely bring improvements in performance, bug fixes, and new features within the respective dependencies, potentially translating into enhanced stability and functionality for read-pkg-up. Furthermore, the development environment also reflects updates with tsd moving from version 0.14.0 to 0.18.0 and xo jumping from 0.38.2 to 0.45.0, suggesting improvements in type definition testing and code linting. While the core functionality of reading the closest package.json remains the same, developers should assess the changes in these dependencies if they directly interact with the outputs from those packages. The unpacked size has slightly increased from 6605 to 6611, possibly owing to dependency updates. Released in October 2021, version 9.0.0 is a more recent iteration compared to version 8.0.0 released in March 2021, meaning it benefits from several months of accumulated improvements and potentially resolves discovered issues.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 9.0.0 of the package read-pkg-up
