Improper matching of Node and NPM dependencies

[paulincai]

 "engines": {
    "node": ">=14.16",
    "npm": ">=8"
  },

NPM >= 8 implies NODE 16, however NODE 14 is still very much in use.

I suggest to drop the dependency of NPM down to 6.14 so that this package can continue to work with NODE 14.

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[knoxgon]

@paulincai Correct. It's compatibility level is from >= 6.14.11.

[paulincai]

@knoxgon the npm is set to a minimum version 8 which makes it to not accept Node.js 14. It might have been set by mistake but the package.json of this NPM library requires npm >= 8

https://github.com/longshotlabs/simpl-schema/blob/main/package.json

[knoxgon]

@paulincai

@knoxgon the npm is set to a minimum version 8 which makes it to not accept Node.js 14. It might have been set by mistake but the package.json of this NPM library requires npm >= 8

https://github.com/longshotlabs/simpl-schema/blob/main/package.json

Yes. Which I agree. The version bump is probably done by mistake or was required from the internal package(s). Either way, the version should be downgraded to 6.14.11

[Pakleni]

Is there an older version of simpl-schema which supports npm 6 that I can use until this is resolved?

Edit: 3.0.1. is the latest version without this issue

[paulincai]

@Pakleni 3.2.0

[aldeed]

Hi all, this was intentional. It's easier to support the package if I limit the number of potential npm versions people might be using. npm 7, 8, and 9 are all compatible with Node 14 afaik. You just need to npm i -g npm@8 to upgrade. Let me know if this works. Unless anyone has an actual issue with running Node 14 + npm 8, I'd prefer to keep this requirement.

Related, Node 14 end-of-life is in April so I'll probably bump the minimum to 16+ around then.