Sinon, a popular JavaScript library for creating test spies, stubs, and mocks, released version 5.0.10 shortly after 5.0.9 on May 24th, 2018. Both versions share the same core functionality, intended to facilitate robust unit testing in JavaScript environments. The dependencies block remains identical across the two versions, including packages like diff, nise, lolex, and @sinonjs/formatio, denoting a consistent set of core library dependencies for features like comparing objects, controlling time, isolation, and output formatting in tests.
The devDependencies, essential for development and testing of Sinon itself, are also unchanged which suggests the core testing and code quality practices are consistent. The main difference lies in the dist section which provides information about the packaged distribution. Version 5.0.9 has fileCount of 57 and unpackedSize of 3475769 versus 5.0.10 which has a fileCount of 54 and unpackedSize of 3455402. This suggests a slight optimization in 5.0.10, potentially through removal of extraneous files or improved compression, leading to a smaller unpacked size.
For developers using Sinon, the update from 5.0.9 to 5.0.10 likely represents a minor improvement. Due to the consistency in dependencies and dev dependencies, it likely contains a bug fix or small performance tweak. Developers can expect similar behavior and function calls between the versions. The value of upgrading liesin gaining the benefit of any bug resolutions or tiny enhancements done within the version.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 5.0.10 of the package sinon