We're browserifying the entire package.json

[nolanlawson]

This feels like a waste, if we really only need the package.version.

E.g. scroll down to the bottom of this release: http://cdn.jsdelivr.net/pouchdb/2.1.2/pouchdb.min.js

[daleharvey]

due to version.js, we could change version.js to be modules.exports = 2.1.0 and do package.json et al as a build step? getting close to a microoptimisation (> 2K) that increases complexity, so 50/50 on it

[calvinmetcalf]

so the other option is to change version.js every time we update the package.json, or possibly just when we build, bear in mind that we need to make sure its accurate in node and for custom builds.

Of the various options, this one is

• most reliable (it's impossible for it to be incorrect)
• simplest

but on the other hand it does add some junk, we'd need to fix this with a very elegant/simple solution if we can think of one.

[nolanlawson]

All right, I think I came up with a decent solution. Just swap out version.js with

module.exports = "2.2.0-alpha";

when browserifying.

[nolanlawson]

Reduces the gzipped file size from 34.3KB to 33.6KB. Not huge, but still useful given we claim 25KB on our web site, and we've ballooned since then.

[daleharvey]

cb10037