build: explicitly set dev deps to empty object for now

Author: Planeshifter

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js

@@ -1248,23 +1248,6 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		for ( dep in pkgJSON.devDependencies ) {
-			if ( hasOwnProp( pkgJSON.devDependencies, dep ) ) {
-				escaped = replace( dep, '@', '\\@' );
-				escaped = replace( escaped, '/', '\\/' );
-				command = [
-					'if ! find lib -name "*.js" -exec grep -q "'+escaped+'" {} + && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" manifest.json && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" include.gypi; then',
-					'  printf "false"',
-					'else',
-					'  printf "true"',
-					'fi'
-				].join( '\n' );
-				found = shell( command, opts ).toString();
-				if ( found === 'false' ) {
-					delete pkgJSON.devDependencies[ dep ];
-				}
-			}
-		}
 
 		debug( 'Replace GitHub MathJax equations with SVGs...' );
 		command = 'find . -type f -name \'*.md\' -print0 | xargs -0 perl -0777 -i -pe \'s/```math\\n([\\s\\S]+?)\\n```\\n\\n//g\'';
@@ -1280,8 +1263,9 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 		command = 'find . -type f -name \'*.md\' -print0 | xargs -0 perl -0777 -i -pe "s/\\`\\`\\`\n\nAlternatively,[^<]+<\\/section>/\\`\\`\\`\n\n<\\/section>/"';
 		shell( command, opts );
 
-		// Set `scripts` field to an empty object and update `directories` field:
+		// Set `scripts` and `devDependencies` to an empty object and update `directories`:
 		pkgJSON.scripts = {};
+		pkgJSON.devDependencies = {};
 		if ( pkgJSON.directories ) {
 			delete pkgJSON.directories.benchmark;
 			delete pkgJSON.directories.example;