question: supported nodejs versions

[jjangga0214]

Hi!

Thanks for this project :)

May I ask which nodejs versions node-pty supports?
(node-pty's package.json does not have engines field.)

For example, I saw some (closed) issues saying like "node 17 is not supported", or "installation failed in node 15".

I want to use node-pty in my open-source project.
But the project should support every recent nodejs versions.
(e.g. node>=16 : 16.x, 17.x, 18.x, 19.x, 20.x)

What's more, once a new nodejs version is released(e.g. 21.x(future)), my package should become ready for the runtime as soon as possible.

Would it be possible?

Thanks!

[z3bra5hax]

This is silly. LTS (eg 16.x, 18.x, 20.x) within a reasonable timeframe of their release is a fair request/assumption as long as this is considered an active project however attempting to support every release in between would slow down bug resolution and development too much. This is non-revenue-generating project for Microsoft so let's dial down our expectations on bleeding edge releases...

[jjangga0214]

@z3bra5hax Then does node-pty support every nodejs LTS currently?
For future LTS (e.g. 22.x), once the new LTS releases, how rapidly would node-pty start supporting it?

Thanks.

[daniel-brenot]

@z3bra5hax Then does node-pty support every nodejs LTS currently? For future LTS (e.g. 22.x), once the new LTS releases, how rapidly would node-pty start supporting it?

Thanks.

The project will support LTS when it is updated to do so. This project isn't specifically a high priority from microsofts perspective I imagine, so it relies on FOSS developers to add support for LTS versions. I am currently working on support, but there is no specific date for when that may be done(could be a month, could be years).

[Tyriar]

This project isn't specifically a high priority from microsofts perspective I imagine

This is true, currently we support whatever node.js version VS Code's Electron is on which is currently 16 (soon to be updated). I agree this is suboptimal, but I'm also busy maintaining xterm.js and the terminal and many other features in vscode. To add to this, I'm admittedly not that great with C++ so the amount of effort it takes me to review changes is much higher.

The readme says Node 12+ which is inaccurate so I'll update that to reflect the current situation.

[kkocdko]

The #644 will make this project support from node 16 to 21, you can download & replace to test, see the message in that PR.