fix(api): Stop remote module usage for loading ipc

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.4.0 
+ - Disable auto-loading of electron-log in the main process for using by ipc
+   transport
+
 ## 4.3.0
  - Add `transport.file.inspectOptions`
  - `transport.file.depth` is deprecated

README.md

@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ When logging inside renderer process, it also shows log in application
 console and vice versa. This transport can impact on performance, so
 it's disabled by default for packaged application.
 
+If you don't use electron-log in the main process but want to show renderer
+logs in the console, add `require('electron-log')` somewhere in the main code.
+
 ##### Options
 
  - **level**, default 'silly'

src/electronApi.js

@@ -79,14 +79,6 @@ function getPath(name) {
   }
 }
 
-function getRemote() {
-  if (electron && electron.remote) {
-    return electron.remote;
-  }
-
-  return null;
-}
-
 function getVersion() {
   var app = getApp();
   if (!app) return null;
@@ -164,11 +156,8 @@ function loadRemoteModule(moduleName) {
       }
     });
   } else if (process.type === 'renderer') {
-    try {
-      getRemote().require(moduleName);
-    } catch (e) {
-      // Can't be required. Webpack?
-    }
+    // Previously, it was electron.remote.require(moduleName)
+    // but now the remote module is deprecated
   }
 }