fix(NODE-7225): build glibc prebuilds on platforms with libc 2.28 #105
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Summary of Changes
This PR switches from ubuntu to rhel8 for glibc-based prebuilds.
We always test on all Node versions, but only build and publish prebuilds on our lowest LTS Node version. Prior to upgrading to Node20+, we built prebuilds on Node16 and ubuntu bionic, with a glibc version of 2.27. After upgrading to Node20+, we switch prebuilds from ubuntu bionic to ubuntu noble. Ubuntu noble has a glibc version of 2.39, which meant our prebuilds in the 7.0.0-alpha release were incompatible with any versions of linux that have a lower glibc version.
Since there isn't an ubuntu version that ships with libc 2.28 and supports Node 20+, I switched CI to run on rhel8 with satisfies our glibc requirement.
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