feat!: Support Node 18+#2011
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| SET PATH=%PATH%;/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm | ||
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| call nvm use 18 |
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This should install and use the latest version of Node 18
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I think it's better to specify given we had that before, is there a reason you think it shouldn't be specified?
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This would ensure the version tested has all of the latest bug fixes and features.
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Yes but then we could potentially be installing on other versions which would make our testing unpredictable. Note our previous versions, which have all specified an exact version: #378
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I see we have a pattern from previous iterations - however it doesn't necessarily mean it was best practice (even that linked PR suggests the same - the patch was a required manual update that we shouldn't have to do each time).
The stability for the oldest supported LTS is far less-likely to receive a bug or breaking change than a newer LTS, while taking advantage of any provided security patches. See the following:
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md
In short, we'd be preferring the problem of slight risk of a broken release vs getting pinged for manual security patching. I'd rather deal with the slight risk of a broken release as it would block releases across the ecosystem (all open source Node projects), which wouldn't make it a pressing matter for just us.
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Please use this as a model if you have any other questions! https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool/pull/1825/files |
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We'll want to follow up with a PR to update the Docker image dependencies once these are updated: https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool/blob/master/docker/owlbot/nodejs_mono_repo/Dockerfile#L55C1-L56C79 |
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I think it's better to specify given we had that before, is there a reason you think it shouldn't be specified?
…o prepare-node-18
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Adding support for Node 18+. Dropping older versions of Node.