chore: remove dist/ from git

[saschanaz]

This patch closes #__ and includes:

• A relevant test: N/A
• A relevant documentation update: N/A, the npm package will still have it

[dontcallmedom]

one used to be able to load webidl2.js from https://w3c.github.io/webidl2.js/dist/webidl2.js - is there a new equivalent or is that no longer supported?

[saschanaz]

one used to be able to load webidl2.js from https://w3c.github.io/webidl2.js/dist/webidl2.js - is there a new equivalent or is that no longer supported?

Didn't know someone is using it 👀

One can still use lib/webidl2.js but it's an ES module. Is it a viable option there?

[saschanaz]

Or I wonder ReSpec can directly provide parsed IDLs for plugins. @sidvishnoi, do you have some thoughts?

[sidvishnoi]

That could be supported via https://github.com/w3c/respec/pull/3320 (if). It would be more like exposing utils.webidl = WebIDL2 though.

Meanwhile, can import dist/ directly from npm instead of github (using unpkg or some other npm cdn):
https://unpkg.com/webidl2/dist/webidl2.js
https://unpkg.com/webidl2@24/dist/webidl2.js // semver

[saschanaz]

On a second thought I think it's not very good idea since any breaking change from webidl2.js would make breaking change in ReSpec.

[dontcallmedom]

Meanwhile, can import dist/ directly from npm instead of github

thanks, that's the perfect solution to my need; it might be useful to document it in the README