Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

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tape

5.6.3

Comparision Betweeen 5.6.3 and 5.6.2

Identify the differences between the current version of the package and the previous one.

Version

Dependencies

Dev Dependencies

Peer Dependencies

Distributed Files

161

162

Unpacked Size

354.79 KB

1.05 MB

Version 5.6.3 Details

Tape is a popular and lightweight TAP-producing test harness for Node.js and browsers. Comparing versions 5.6.3 and 5.6.2, the core functionality remains consistent, ensuring a smooth upgrade for existing users. Both versions share the same dependencies, including modules for assertions, file system operations (glob), promise handling, and utilities for object and string manipulation. This ensures consistent behaviour and avoids breaking changes in the core testing framework. Developers can seamlessly transition between these versions without major code modifications.

The key difference lies in the dist metadata. Version 5.6.3 has a smaller unpacked size (363308 bytes) and fewer files (161) compared to version 5.6.2 (1101662 bytes and 162 files). This suggests potential optimizations in the build process or a reduction in unnecessary files included in the published package. This smaller size can lead to faster install times and reduced disk space usage. Both versions were released on the same day. Developers should stay up to date with the newest version to take advantage of the bug fixes and potential perfomance improvements due to the smaller package size. If the package upgrade introduces unexpected effects in the target environment, the developers can fallback at any time to the older version.

Security Vulnerabilities

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