The `rxjs` package is bloated
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Description
RxJS version: 6.2.0
The package is more than 6 MB. That is a lot for a utility library.
Why is src included in the package? Source maps and TS definition files are already included for each JS file, so I don't see the need to include the TS source files too.
There's also a lot of bloat related to browser support: bundles, _esm5, _esm2015 (3.8 MB in total). Would you consider publishing a separate package for Node.js usage without all the bloat? For example, rxjs-node.
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Research direction
Start by inspecting the published package contents named in the issue: src, bundles, _esm5, and _esm2015, and compare their sizes and purpose. Done would require an agreed packaging approach that removes unnecessary artifacts or provides a smaller Node.js package, with the resulting contents verified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js, typescript
- Domain
- build-system, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100