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v3.0.0
windows-build-tools v3.0 has been rewritten in TypeScript, making the module more resilient and bug-free. While I fully expect that end users will not have to change anything if they're currently using v2, the changes in behavior were big enough to warrant a new major version.
Changelog
in-gfwwas upgraded, fixing commongELIFECYCLEissues for users within the Great Chinese Firewall.- Python is no longer being installed if a version of Python 2.x can be found on the system and is reachable in the current terminal session.
- A
--dry-run-onlyparameter was added, allowing users to see what the script would have done without actually installing anything. - When
DEBUG="windows-build-tools"is present,windows-build-toolswill now give more detailed information about parameters passed to the installers. - Internal: Moved to TypeScript, compile strictly against
ES2015 - Internal: Moved to Jest for unit testing
- Internal: Updated
.npmignoreto only included required files - Internal: Removed
distdummy from GitHub