[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

I'd like to bump this issue. Ubuntu 24.04, which was released only a couple of days ago, ships with nodejs 18.19, which: 1. has only a year of maintenance support left: https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases 2. does not include the updated timezone information for Kazakhstan (where I am

[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

I´m fairly new to Node, but I´ve seen several people recommend using Volta (https://github.com/volta-cli/volta) or the older but slower nvm (node version manager: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to manage Node versions, similar to how you can use virtualenv to install multiple versions of python in

[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

I'd like to echo Adam's point. Ubuntu 22.04 is about to be released with Node 12, which is EOL this month (April 2022)! It seems almost unreasonable to release Ubuntu 22.04 with the oldest currently supported Node version, and have only a week or two until it is EOL, when there are already two

[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

There's something deeply wrong with the way Ubuntu packages Node. Here's the NodeJS project's release timeline: https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/ Node LTS releases are even-numbered and supported for 30 months. Node 10 isn't even on there anymore. Node 12 is the oldest currently available,

[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: npm (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861327 Title:

[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: nodejs (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861327 Title:

[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

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[Bug 1861327] Re: [needs-packaging] Can't run npm because of outdated nodejs in repos

*** This is an automated message *** This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs- packaging bug reports