HSLdevcom / HSLdevcom/digitransit-ui
favicons-webpack-plugin@5 slows build down a lot
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- JavaScript
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Description
Follow-up of #4607.
It is hard to compare to the previous version(s) directly, given that the new favicons-webpack-plugin@5 doesn't work with the old Webpack and vice versa, but it causes a build slowdown of about 2 minutes. We should investigate why it is so slow.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by reading follow-up issue #4607 and reproducing the build with favicons-webpack-plugin@5, comparing its timing with the compatible previous setup. Done means identifying the source of the roughly two-minute slowdown and recording or addressing the cause.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, webpack
- Domain
- build-system, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100