Styled-components has released version 6.1.8, building upon the foundation of version 6.1.7, continuing to provide a robust solution for styling React components with speed, strong typing, and flexibility. Both versions share the same core dependencies, ensuring a consistent styling experience including tslib, stylis, csstype, postcss, and @emotion related packages. The developer experience remains similar, with a wide array of devDependencies supporting testing (jest, babel-jest, react-test-renderer), building(rollup, typescript, babel), and code quality (prettier, js-beautify). While the core functionality remains the same,developers will find updated release dates that reflect the continuous maintenance of the library, with 6.1.8 released shortly after to implement and delivery any patches (if there were any).
The peerDependencies saw a change with version 6.1.8, dropping the strict versioning of the peer dependencies that existed in 6.1.7 with the more relaxed approach to versioning. This may impact developers using older versions of styled-components if they had updated peer dependencies to fulfill the rigid versions present in 6.1.7 of the library, so there may be some level of compatibility issue to be aware of. The differences in fileCount and unpackedSize within the dist section suggest slight alterations in the packaged content. The difference between the 2 versions are relatively minor on scale however, there are possible code fixes or dependency updates that could affect behavior, it's advisable for developers to consult the official changelog for a comprehensive understanding of the specific changes and potential impact on their projects.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 6.1.8 of the package styled-components