Babel: v8.0.0-alpha.5 Release

v8.0.0-alpha.5 (2023-12-11)

This release also includes all changes from v7.23.3, v7.23.4, v7.23.5, and v7.23.6.

:boom: Breaking Change

• babel-plugin-transform-runtime
  • #16141 [babel 8] Remove useESModules option (@nicolo-ribaudo)
  • #16063 [babel 8] Remove core-js@2 & regenerator from transform-runtime (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-plugin-transform-flow-comments, babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types, babel-preset-env
  • #16043 [babel 8] Remove loose and spec options from preset-env (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-core, babel-generator, babel-types
  • #16126 [babel 8] Remove CodeGenerator from @babel/generator (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-parser
  • #16114 Breaking: parserOpts.createImportExpressions defaults to true (@JLHwung)
• babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #16057 [babel 8] Inline toSequenceExpression into @babel/traverse (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-preset-env
  • #15989 [babel 8] Remove getModulesPluginNames (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-core, babel-preset-env
  • #15838 [babel 8] Remove core-js 2 and regenerator from preset-env (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-helper-validator-option, babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-preset-env, babel-standalone
  • #16095 [babel 8] Enforce specifying proper core-js version (@liuxingbaoyu)

:house: Internal

• babel-core, all plugins and presets
  • #15955 Require exact Babel 8 version in assertVersion (@nicolo-ribaudo)

Committers: 12

• Babel Bot (@babel-bot)
• Colin (@colinaaa)
• Hugo Martinez (@martinez-hugo)
• Huáng Jùnliàng (@JLHwung)
• Mateusz Burzyński (@Andarist)
• Nicolò Ribaudo (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• Odin Hørthe-Omdal Urdland (@odinho)
• @aryehb
• @liuxingbaoyu
• @magic-akari
• @yepitschunked
• fisker Cheung (@fisker)