I note in the latest update there is an AWS library provided. We don’t use this library, however it seems that this is still copied to our site - is this necessary? Maybe in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter, but it’s relatively large (430 files) and if it’s not needed it seems best not to load it to a site?
This is indeed a part of the AWS Sdk that we included in the last update to support S3 cloud storage.
It is a generic library not just for AWS but other providers as well.
For server connect unfortunately all libraries are needed at once, so can’t just leave few away depending on your specific usage.
We try to keep it as small as possible but that is the best we can do for now.
Ok, but my site doesn't seem to require it - nothing changed on my site, but I end up with these 430 files added. Couldn't it just be added when it's needed? It's about 4MB and 430 files, so it's not exactly minor.
Unfortunately that is currently not possible.
That’s a shame - is it easy to do? You seem to only include specific libraries in other places.
For info, the problem we have is we now need to get this library verified as anything that goes out to certain customers needs to be checked independently for security reasons. 430 files adds a lot of overhead.
In these times where people get very worried about security and data leaks, I would really suggest that this should be something you should strongly consider.