UglifyJS versions 3.11.5 and 3.11.4 are both JavaScript parser, mangler, compressor, and beautifier toolkits, licensed under the BSD-2-Clause license and maintained in the same GitHub repository. For developers relying on UglifyJS for optimizing their JavaScript code, the key differences lie in the refinements and potential bug fixes introduced in the newer version. While both versions share identical development dependencies (acorn ~7.1.0 and semver ~6.3.0), indicating a stable core, the unpackedSize offers a clue: version 3.11.5 has a size of 915031 bytes compared to version 3.11.4's 913148 bytes. This slight size increase suggests that bug fixes or minor improvements may have been implemented. It's typical for patch version changes to include such minor updates.
The release dates signal a roughly one-week gap between the versions; 3.11.5 was released on November 3rd, 2020, while 3.11.4 came out on October 26th, 2020. In general, upgrading to the latest patch version (from 3.11.4 to 3.11.5) is advisable as it likely contains fixes that enhance stability and potentially offer minor performance improvements. Developers should check the changelog (usually available in the GitHub repository) for a detailed breakdown of the specific changes included in version 3.11.5 to fully understand the benefits of the update and ensure compatibility with their projects.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 3.11.5 of the package uglify-js