Sinon is a popular JavaScript library providing versatile tools for test spies, stubs, and mocks, essential for writing robust and maintainable unit tests. Version 4.4.9 is a minor update from version 4.4.8, both sharing the same core dependencies like diff, nise, lolex, lodash.get, type-detect, supports-color, and @sinonjs/formatio, ensuring consistent functionality. The development dependencies, critical for contributing and maintaining the library, also remain identical, including tools like mocha for testing, eslint for linting, and browserify for packaging. The key difference lies in the dist object, specifically the unpackedSize. Version 4.4.9 has a slightly larger unpacked size of 3515357 compared to 4.4.8's 3515174. This small increase suggests minor code changes, potentially bug fixes or performance improvements. The release date also differs, with version 4.4.9 being released on March 27, 2018, subsequent to version 4.4.8 released a few days earlier on March 21, 2018. For developers using Sinon, upgrading to 4.4.9 is recommended to benefit from these incremental improvements and bug fixes, ensuring the most stable and up-to-date testing experience. While the changes are subtle, staying current with minor versions is a good practice for long-term project health.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 4.4.9 of the package sinon