V4 Roadmap

[malept]

v4

• Replace the embedded module walker with flora-colossus
  • It's currently used by Electron Packager for pruning purposes

v3 (done)

• Require Node 10.x (build: upgrade dependencies & require Node 10 #357)
  • Node < 10 isn't supported by the Node folks, and some dependencies require Node 10
  • Reduces the amount of code generated by TypeScript
• Replace spawn-rx with @malept/cross-spawn-promise (refactor: replace spawn-rx with @malept/cross-spawn-promise #358)
  • The backtraces should be clearer
  • It's used by other tools in the Electron ecosystem
• Remove deprecated APIs (refactor: remove deprecated APIs #362)
  • sequential args API
• Use node-gyp as a module instead of shelling out (refactor: use node-gyp as a module instead of shelling out #363)
• Require Node 12.x
  • Node < 12 isn't supported by the Node folks, and some dependencies require Node 12
  • Reduces the amount of code generated by TypeScript