Outdated mongodb driver dependency in @types/meteor package

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The current @types/meteor package sets a dependency to

"mongodb": "^4.3.1"

However, since Meteor 3.1, Meteor uses mongodb 6.10.0 / 6.9.0:

This becomes noticable when you use db.rawCollection() and methods like db.collection.findOneAndUpdate() which changed its result type since mongodb 5.x.

I also stumbled upon this when I wanted to use agenda in combination with Meteor. Since @types/meteor pulls in mongodb@4.17.2 which itself sets a dependency on bson@4.7.2, agenda tries to use bson@4.7.2 as well, which is incompatible with Meteor’s current bson@6.10.4, causing runtime errors. I had to fix this by pulling in mongodb@6.21.0 on top-level, which is an ugly workaround.

Proposed solution: Add a new major for @types/meteor that sets a dependeny to mongodb@^6.9.0.

I opened an issue in the @types repository:

but I thought I’d copy this note here. Maybe someone in the Meteor team wants to check this.

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Posted this one the github issue as well, but aren’t the types within packages and unpacked by zodern:types the authoritative source since meteor 3? DefinitelyTyped types have been deprecated and abandoned, right?

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agree, the most apropriated is to update zodern:types

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I have zodern:types installed, but still got the outdated MongoDB driver types.

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Please, test this PR in your enviroment, let me know if the fix has gone

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Sounds promising. Is there a way to test this in isolation, i.e. without upgrading Meteor to a dev version?

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do you mean in production or locally? if locally, you can follow this instructions