Can we omit build directory in distribution of socket.io-client?

[riesel]

We are including the socket.io-client package from https://www.npmjs.com/package/socket.io-client in our vue.js frontend.
There we are using webpack-license-plugin to scan for licenses in dependencies in our project.
This worked fine for socket.io-client versions < v4.4.0. From 4.4.0 on we see that the content of package.json in e.g. build\csj\ directory changed and now contains name and version information. Since it does not contain license information, webpack-license-plugin reports a missing license.

My question is whether the build directory has to be packaged at all or can be omitted to avoid this issue?

[darrachequesne]

Zut. I guess we'll have to add the license too...

See also: socketio/socket.io-client#1513 (fixed by socketio/socket.io-client@53d8fca)

[riesel]

Yes, that would fix the problem. Basically

• license info and ideally repository info in package.json
• license file in same directory

[jschirrmacher]

Why is it necessary to include the /build folder in the distributed package?