@types/node should not be set to an exact version in dependencies

[adapptor-kurt]

The @slack/bolt package specifies an exact version of @types/node in it's dependencies list, rather than devDependencies. This pollutes the types of any project that uses it, because they are very unlikely to have that exact version too, and may run an entirely different version of Node and require different types.

Reproducible in:

The Slack SDK version

@slack/bolt >=3.12.2

Node.js runtime version

All versions

Steps to reproduce:

Add @slack/bolt >=3.12.2 to any project

Expected result:

@slack/bolt should not have @types/node in the dependencies list unless Node.js types are referenced in the public interface. If it does require @types/node then it should permit all versions that @slack/bolt supports, without specifying an exact version.

Actual result:

@slack/bolt forces the install of "@types/node" v18 or above in the project.

Requirements

See above

[srajiang]

Hi @adapptor-kurt - I'm inclined to agree. I'll add this to our upcoming release milestone as something we want to get updated. Thanks for writing in!