4.x minified build distribution

[jdevcs]

Our minified build was filtered because it was not added in whitelisting after one of past PR that separated dist and lib outputs.

we should find some other way for distribution of our minified build instead of through npm to CDNs,

• as if some one is downloading web3 via npm it brings in minified build as well even if its not required for example for node apps , increasing size of node_modules,

• or if some one want to bundle some web app him self instead of using our bundle, our min shouldn't be required.

Currently minified build is distributed via npm to CDN and we can explore to make jsdeliver CDN to directly pick minified builds from github, hence need to fix:

1. not filtering min builds from github repo commits of release branch

2. also remove this entry point for browsers

   web3.js/packages/web3/package.json

   Line 20 in 195717f

   "browser": "./dist/web3.min.js",

3. configure jsDeliver to pick min builds from github

[ptdatta]

Hey @jdevcs Can I work on it??

[jdevcs]

@Parthib314 Thanks for interest, feel free to attempt it.

• For changes in our code config : you can open a PR
• and For changes in how we are distributing min builds ( in jsdeliver etc ): one of our team member's time will be required but you can share your findings in this issue desc for that.

[Muhammad-Altabba]

For the Web3 Provider tutorial, I used the minified file of the alpha 5 version as it is the last one available. (https://github.com/web3/web3.js/pull/6095/files#diff-fe97b66f17d6a7ba531b501959e10af590eb838c24933c301a128daf406921f3R100)

I am posting this comment here to remember myself to update the URL of the minified build once it is available.

Thanks,