[critical][next.js] withNx plugin required in production dependencies with all its Nx dependencies

[ild0tt0re]

Current Behavior

The const withNx = require('@nrwl/next/plugins/with-nx') import in next.config.js file of next.js app, force me to install @nrwl/next modules with all its dependencies also in production.

Run

$ nx build <next-app-name>

If I remove it this happen:
#15794

Expected Behavior

Nx should not force me to install all its dev dependencies only to support the build of Next.js
NOTE:
Since next.config.js is copied as is in production by design, Nx should not add its stuff to avoiding to pollute the node_modules

GitHub Repo

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. nx build <next-app-name>
2. install only production dependencies
3. run the app in production fail because withNx deps is missing

Nx Report

Node : 18.15.0
   OS   : darwin arm64
   pnpm : 8.1.1

   nx                      : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/js                : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/jest              : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/linter            : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/workspace         : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/cli               : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/cypress           : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/devkit            : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx  : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/next              : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/nx-plugin         : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/react             : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/rollup            : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/storybook         : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/tao               : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/web               : 15.9.2
   @nrwl/webpack           : 15.9.2
   typescript              : 4.9.5
   ---------------------------------------
   Community plugins:
   @jscutlery/semver : 2.29.3
   ngx-deploy-npm    : 5.2.0
   ---------------------------------------
   Local workspace plugins:
   	 @cloudacademy/nx-plugin

Failure Logs

You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type, currently no loaders are configured to process this file. See https://webpack.js.org/concepts#loaders

Additional Information

No response

[mandarini]

Possibly related? #15931

[jaysoo]

This is a duplicate of #15931

Will close this to keep the discussion there.

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