RxJs 6 Support

[MrBlaise]

The zone-patch-rxjs.js fails to build with rxjs 6.x that Angular 6 uses now. Any plan on fixing this?

[JiaLiPassion]

@MrBlaise , I will check it and try to handle rxjs 6, could you provide a reproduce repo to describe the error you mentioned?

[MrBlaise]

@JiaLiPassion Unfortunately the repo I am working on is private, you should be able to reproduce the issue by creating a fresh Angular 6 application with the angular-cli (ng new zonejs) and import the patch in pollyfils.ts:
import 'zone.js/dist/zone-patch-rxjs';

After that building it for production should cause errors (ng build --prod --aot --build-optimizer) like this:

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'rxjs/add/observable/defer' in '/REDACTED/node_modules/zone.js/dist'

[JiaLiPassion]

@MrBlaise , ok, got it, you can use rxjs-compat for now to resolve this issue until a rxjs6 version of zone.js patch is released.

[MrBlaise]

Any news on this @JiaLiPassion?

[JiaLiPassion]

@MrBlaise , I have finished zone-testing-rxjs-fake-async part, the rxjs part need some additional work, I am still working on it, please wait for a little longer, does rxjs-compat work for you now?

[MrBlaise]

Yes it is working fine. I was just wondering, because this is the last thing that needs the compat library in my setup. I am in no rush, the app working fine with compat until this is finished. Thanks.

[slavafomin]

Hello! The zone.js is the only dependency which prevents us from dropping the rxjs-compat package in our Angular projects. I think this is a major issue for many Angular projects, because this prevents them from building more optimal bundles. Could you please tell me if this issue is actually on a roadmap?

[JiaLiPassion]

@slavafomin, @MrBlaise, I am not sure about the release plan, you can test it with this branch.
Update the package.json to

I am not sure the release schedule, please use the following branch as temp test solution.
update the package.json

"zone.js": "git://github.com/JiaLiPassion/zone.js#ts29-fix-dist"

Thanks.