Merge branch 'master' into eslint-remote-tester

* master: (31 commits)
  chore: use ecmaVersion latest for eslint (qunitjs#379)
  chore: use node protocol for imports (qunitjs#378)
  upgrade: Upgrade dependencies in preparation for major release (qunitjs#377)
  feat!: Require eslint@^8.38, drop support for [email protected] (qunitjs#376)
  feat!: change require-expect rule default option to never-except-zero (qunitjs#375)
  feat!: strictly define node API (qunitjs#374)
  feat!: drop support for Node 12, 14, 17, 19 (qunitjs#373)
  Upgrade: Bump semver from 7.5.0 to 7.5.3 (qunitjs#372)
  Upgrade: Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.59.0 to 5.60.0 (qunitjs#371)
  Upgrade: Bump release-it from 15.10.1 to 15.11.0 (qunitjs#366)
  Upgrade: Bump markdownlint-cli from 0.33.0 to 0.35.0 (qunitjs#370)
  Upgrade: Bump all-contributors-cli from 6.24.0 to 6.26.0 (qunitjs#359)
  Upgrade: Bump eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin from 5.0.8 to 5.1.0 (qunitjs#357)
  Upgrade: Bump vm2 from 3.9.17 to 3.9.19 (qunitjs#355)
  Upgrade: Bump eslint from 8.38.0 to 8.39.0 (qunitjs#342)
  Upgrade: Bump vm2 from 3.9.16 to 3.9.17 (qunitjs#341)
  Upgrade: Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.54.1 to 5.59.0 (qunitjs#340)
  Upgrade: Bump eslint from 8.36.0 to 8.38.0 (qunitjs#335)
  Upgrade: Bump semver from 7.3.8 to 7.5.0 (qunitjs#339)
  Upgrade: Bump vm2 from 3.9.11 to 3.9.16 (qunitjs#336)
  ...

.eslintrc.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     "parserOptions": {
         "sourceType": "script",
-        "ecmaVersion": 2019
+        "ecmaVersion": "latest"
     },
 
     "plugins": ["node", "eslint-plugin"],
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
         "unicorn/filename-case": "off",
         "unicorn/no-array-reduce": "off",
         "unicorn/no-null": "off",
+        "unicorn/prefer-at": "off", // TODO: enable once we raise Node requirement to v16.6.0
         "unicorn/prefer-module": "off",
-        "unicorn/prefer-node-protocol": "off", // TODO: enable once we raise Node requirement to v16.0.0, v14.18.0.
         "unicorn/prevent-abbreviations": "off"
     },
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu, windows ]
-        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - run: npm ci
     - run: npm run test:unit
-    - run: npm install --save-dev eslint@7 && npm run test:unit
 
     - name: Coveralls
       uses: coverallsapp/github-action@master
@@ -42,6 +41,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "18.x"
+          node-version: "20.x"
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run lint

docs/rules/require-expect.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test. This rule checks for `expect` at linting time.
 
 The "always" option requires that `expect` is called in each test.
 
-The "except-simple" (**default**) option only requires an `expect` call when an assertion is
+The "except-simple" option only requires an `expect` call when an assertion is
 called inside of a block or when `assert` is passed to another function. The
 rationale here is that by wrapping `assert` statements in conditional blocks
 or callbacks, developers are at risk of creating tests that incorrectly pass
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ resilience in QUnit 2.0 for tracking asynchronous activity, projects may
 prefer to discourage use of redundant `assert.expect` calls in tests. This
 option codifies such convention.
 
-The "never-except-zero" option disallows `except` calls, except when used to
+The "never-except-zero" option (**default**) disallows `except` calls, except when used to
 explicitly assert that a test performs no assertions, which would otherwise
 be considered an error.
 

lib/rules/assert-args.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Requirements
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lib/rules/literal-compare-order.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Requirements
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lib/rules/no-assert-equal-boolean.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Requirements
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lib/rules/no-assert-equal.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Requirements
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils"),
     { ReferenceTracker } = require("eslint-utils");
 

lib/rules/no-async-in-loops.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 "use strict";
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lib/rules/no-compare-relation-boolean.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Requirements
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lib/rules/no-negated-ok.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 "use strict";
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 const ASSERTION_OPPOSITES = {

lib/rules/no-throws-string.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Requirements
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lib/rules/require-expect.js

@@ -214,6 +214,6 @@ module.exports = {
             "except-simple": ExceptSimpleStrategy,
             "never": NeverStrategy,
             "never-except-zero": NeverExceptZeroStrategy
-        }[context.options[0]] || ExceptSimpleStrategy;
+        }[context.options[0]] || NeverExceptZeroStrategy;
     }
 };

lib/rules/require-object-in-propequal.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Requirements
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const assert = require("assert"),
+const assert = require("node:assert"),
     utils = require("../utils");
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------

lib/utils.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 "use strict";
 
-const assert = require("assert");
+const assert = require("node:assert");
 
 const SUPPORTED_TEST_IDENTIFIERS = new Set(["test", "asyncTest", "only"]);