Update babel

[marvinroger]

This PR fixes #134 and #141

The embedded Babel version is outdated and does not support newer TypeScript syntaxes.

It would be great if you could publish a release when this PR is merged, it's a blocker for recent TypeScript projects. 😉

[jmfrancois]

I would prefer to use caret syntax so the end user is able to align version used in the project

[romainseb]

I agree with @jmfrancois saying that it would benefit for the project to be able to align the version using the caret

Suggested change

	"@babel/core": "7.17.8",
	"@babel/generator": "7.17.7",
	"@babel/parser": "7.17.8",
	"@babel/traverse": "7.17.3",
	"@babel/types": "7.17.0",
	"@babel/core": "^7.17.8",
	"@babel/generator": "^7.17.7",
	"@babel/parser": "^7.17.8",
	"@babel/traverse": "^7.17.3",
	"@babel/types": "^7.17.0",

[marvinroger]

@jmfrancois @romainseb I agree, but there are also advantages using locked versions, especially for an OSS project (predictability at the expense of flexibility, because e.g. a Babel release can be broken and issues would be opened on this repo).

So I'll let this PR as is, it's less opinionated that changing the version ranges, and it fixes the current issues.
Let's see what the maintainers think about the carets, then we can update the PR if it's OK for them! 😉

[jmfrancois]

a Babel release can be broken

I really trust babel because when a babel release is broken you can be sure a lot of things will be broken.

At least we are force to use resolution mecanism to align babel in most of our projects because of this little dependency . This is the only one in the middle of thousands !
Duplicates babel packages in install leads to issues and are still stuck after a month here.
This project do not move as fast as it should.
So using caret and let integrator decide which versions to use
QED

[fellnerse]

When is this going to be merged? is this repository maintained?

[amarek-godaddy]

@byara and @ayusharma I see you're listed as maintainers and I was wondering if you could give an ETA on when this might be merged and released?

[ayusharma]

Hi @amarek-godaddy, Sorry for the delays. I will check it tomorrow and will try to publish next week,