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I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to hide behind a flag once Node.js supports zopfli natively. In case of CI/CD, it's totally feasible to just add a --str

by nikeee 2y ago

I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to hide behind a flag once Node.js supports zopfli natively. In case of CI/CD, it's totally feasible to just add a --strong-compression flag. In that case, the user expects it to take its time. TS releases a non-preview version every few months, so using 2.5 minutes for compression would work.

jopsen 2y ago
Think of the complexity involved, think of having to fix bugs because something went wrong. Such effort would be better spent preparing npm/node for a future where packages with a lower-bound npm version constraint can be compressed with zstd or similar. Every feature you add to a program is complexity, you need to really decide if you want it.