Add @rspack/core to the peer dependencies of html-webpack-plugin and react-refresh-webpack-plugin

[chenjiahan]

What problem does this feature solve?

Can we add @rspack/core to the peer dependencies of html-webpack-plugin and react-refresh-webpack-plugin (and more popular webpack plugins), then make webpack as an optional dependency?

• https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/blob/main/package.json#L58-L60
• https://github.com/pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin/blob/main/package.json#L114-L123

The benifits:

• Users do not need to install webpack as a dependency.
• No peer dependency missing warning.

What does the proposed API of configuration look like?

{
  "peerDependencies": {
    "@rspack/core": ">=0.3.0",
    "webpack": ">=4.43.0 <6.0.0",
  },
  "peerDependenciesMeta": {
    "webpack": {
      "optional": true
    },
   "@rspack/core": {
      "optional": true
    }
  },
}

[hardfist]

yes, I already did this to webpack/webpack-dev-server#4778

[chenjiahan]

Update: using forked html-rspack-plugin instead of html-webpack-plugin

https://github.com/rspack-contrib/html-rspack-plugin