Bug Fix
externals
module imports that are neither relative or the root module can be bundled when the parent module is external in some cases
Bug Fix
mode
development builds fail
Bug Fix
shutdown
errors that occur prior to completing creation of all active build configurations in a multi-build compilation can cause premature exit with no error information shown
Bug Fix
script
regression - 'script' type builds fail in processAssets compilation stage with error 'require is not defined in ES module scope'
Bug Fix
externals
in specific (not common) cases, imported packages are set as external when they should be bundled
Bug Fix
externals
esm builds of type 'lib' cause issues in some cases when imported by commonjs/2 'app' type build
Bug Fix
logging
logged configurations on startup has incorrect message padding for both webpack 'rules' config and all build-level options
Bug Fix
rules
default rule excludes any file named 'test.*' where only *.test.*' should be excluded for non-tests builds
Bug Fix
types
types output file doesnt convert dynamic import statements that include an '=' or ',' character in the generic type
Bug Fix
analysis
regression - the '--analyzer' and '--analyzex' cli options no longer working
Bug Fix
cache
both copying updated shared package files within project node_modules, and/or editing 'only' .ts type files in a js based project, are not getting recognized and does not trigger a re-transpilation, and pre-cached output files produced
Bug Fix
optimization
the 'polyfill' cache group not getting created when configured / enabled
Bug Fix
plugins
cannot add custom patterns to the 'ignore' plugin options
Bug Fix
licensefiles
finalization of combined license file is causing an 'invalid regex' error in some cases
Bug Fix
config
the 'terget' property type config is not applied to applicable configurations
Bug Fix
polyfill
output bundle contains same polyfilled module twice in specific cases on win32 system, force fallback path resolution to use uppercase drive letter for win32 ,
Bug Fix
polyfills
first round of fixes - web target builds do not reference configured polyfill modules
Bug Fix
startup
if startup fails the resultant call to the 'printInfo' function also fails and causes an uncaught exception
Bug Fix
licensefile
finalization of combined vendor license fils is removing content of several specific modules
Documentation
jsdoc
several documentation updates to bring jsdoc up to date
Feature
types
add support for manually specifying module names that may not be resolved by dependent project and should be declared in the type definitions files / bundle
Feature
init
improve error handling and logged error detail during initialization
Feature
types
add support for dynamic module declarations from defined paths in the package.json 'exports' configuration and 'index' source files that contain more than 75% exports
Feature
vendormod
add patch for 'got' package, removes core module's  greedy require of http2 modules that occurs even if the http2 option is not set
Feature
resolve
add enhanced support for configurable dynamic expression imports to provide ability to ignore or filter by resource and context, also satisfies the infamous 'request of a dependency is an expression...' webpack warning
Feature
loaders
add new loader 'wpw-utf8-loader' to support handling of non-utf8/latin1/ascii encoded files, e.g exported json files from the 'iconv-lite' package
Feature
jsdoc
add plugin 'jsdoc-plugin-esnext' for full support of es2022 type syntax
Feature
polyfills
initial full polyfill support for web / browser target
Feature
polyfill
initial full polyfill support for web / browser target
Refactoring
webpack
revert to v5.94, handling of external 'createRequire' import is broken in 5.95+
Refactoring
init
add initial re-attempt to detect if a build run is a 'rebuild', without having to explicitly specify on cli
Refactoring
banner
add new options for 'banner' plugin 'mode', 'plugin' (legacy) or 'terser' (use internal terser banner options).  used for transpiled builds where minification / terser removes banner in all cases unless it is inserted after the compilation process assets 'additions' stage
Refactoring
cache
remove internal cache class and integrate cache storage class in type-utils shared package
Refactoring
logging
log externals/import stats after make stage completes
Refactoring
vendormods
add vendor code mod for 'jsdoc-eslint-plugin' to support bundling to a subdirectory of dist dir
Refactoring
optimization
expand cache group implementation and configuration
Refactoring
dependencies
add two new cache groups for vendor bundles 'www' grouped with web/http related modules and 'polyfill' to contain bundled polyfill modules for browser target builds
Refactoring
externals
modify license, overwritten by mistake at some point
Refactoring
externals
add logging when imports are made that require polyfills, but are not configured to be included in the output bundle
Refactoring
General
perf (imports): globalize utility imports hash maps as opposed as to recreating new object hashes for every parent class of WpwBase, reduces memory footprint > 300KB [skip ci]