feat(typescript): update to 1.9 nightly.

To workaround microsoft/TypeScript#7573
we must remove the readonly keyword from generated .d.ts files.
This solution will not scale, but will probably buy enough time to require our users move to a 2.0 beta.

Author: alexeagle

gulpfile.js

@@ -981,9 +981,9 @@ gulp.task('static-checks', ['!build.tools'], function(done) {
 // distributed in our npm package, and loaded from node_modules by
 // the typescript compiler.
 
-// Make sure the two typings tests are isolated, by running this one in a tempdir
+// Make sure the typings tests are isolated, by running in a tempdir
 var tmpdir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'test.typings', new Date().getTime().toString());
-gulp.task('!pre.test.typings.layoutNodeModule', ['build.js.cjs'], function() {
+gulp.task('!pre.test.typings.layoutNodeModule', function() {
   return gulp.src(['dist/js/cjs/angular2/**/*', 'node_modules/rxjs/**/*'], {base: 'dist/js/cjs'})
       .pipe(gulp.dest(path.join(tmpdir, 'node_modules')));
 });

npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json

@@ -2231,6 +2231,9 @@
         "glob": {
           "version": "4.3.5",
           "dependencies": {
+            "inflight": {
+              "version": "1.0.4"
+            },
             "minimatch": {
               "version": "2.0.10"
             }
@@ -3038,7 +3041,7 @@
       }
     },
     "gulp-tslint": {
-      "version": "4.3.4"
+      "version": "4.3.5"
     },
     "gulp-typescript": {
       "version": "2.10.0",
@@ -5415,10 +5418,10 @@
       }
     },
     "tslint": {
-      "version": "3.2.1",
+      "version": "3.7.0-dev.2",
       "dependencies": {
         "glob": {
-          "version": "6.0.3"
+          "version": "6.0.4"
         },
         "underscore.string": {
           "version": "3.1.1"
@@ -5452,7 +5455,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.6"
     },
     "typescript": {
-      "version": "1.7.5"
+      "version": "1.9.0-dev.20160409"
     },
     "ua-parser-js": {
       "version": "0.7.10"
@@ -5823,5 +5826,5 @@
     }
   },
   "name": "angular-srcs",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.12"
+  "version": "2.0.0-beta.14"
 }

npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
     "ts-api-guardian": "0.0.2",
     "ts2dart": "^0.7.31",
     "tsd": "^0.6.5-beta",
-    "tslint": "^3.2.1",
-    "typescript": "^1.7.3",
+    "tslint": "^3.7.0-dev.2",
+    "typescript": "^1.9.0-dev.20160409",
     "universal-analytics": "^0.3.9",
     "webpack": "^1.12.6",
     "which": "~1",

package.json

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ elif [ "$MODE" = "typescript_next" ]; then
    # Ignore complaints about unsatisfied peer deps
    npm install typescript@next || true
    ${SCRIPT_DIR}/build_js.sh
+   # Run typings test using the GA release of TypeScript
+   # This ensures that users aren't forced onto beta/nightly
+   npm install [email protected]
    ./node_modules/.bin/gulp test.typings
 elif [ "$MODE" = "payload" ]; then
   source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/env_dart.sh

scripts/ci/build_and_test.sh

@@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ module.exports = function makeNodeTree(projects, destinationPath) {
 
   let compiledTree = mergeTrees([compiledSrcTree, compiledTestTree]);
 
+  // Down-level .d.ts files to be TS 1.8 compatible
+  compiledTree = replace(compiledTree, {
+    files: ['**/*.d.ts'],
+    patterns: [
+      //{match: /^(\s*)readonly\s+/mg, replacement: "$1"},
+    ]
+  });
+
+
   // Now we add the LICENSE file into all the folders that will become npm packages
   outputPackages.forEach(function(destDir) {
     var license = new Funnel('.', {files: ['LICENSE'], destDir: destDir});