Inquirer.js: v6.5.1 deps and Node.js 6.x

Created on 12 Aug 2019 · 7Comments · Source: SBoudrias/Inquirer.js

@SBoudrias: it seems you did some major version updates in dependencies and those drop Node.js 6.x support, like:

And for devDependencies [email protected]

But the package was published as a patch version. This violates semver and will break things. I suggest that you downgrade to the previous versions that supported Node.js 6.x, release a 6.5.2 version and then, if you want to bump those deps, make it major version bump.

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XhmikosR

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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll release a rollback on the 6.x series and bump latest to 7.x

Just give me a few days to have time to handle this.

SBoudrias on 23 Aug 2019

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Friendly bump @SBoudrias. This is quite a serious regression that affects the ecosystem.

BTW don't get me wrong, I'm all for dropping Node.js 6.x support, but should be done properly with a major version bump after a patch has been released to restore 6.x support.

XhmikosR on 14 Aug 2019

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@SBoudrias I fully agree with @XhmikosR comment:

BTW don't get me wrong, I'm all for dropping Node.js 6.x support, but should be done properly with a major version bump after a patch has been released to restore 6.x support.

I maintain graphql-js and we plan to drop Node.js 6.x but we plan to make major release next month so this situation creates a lot of inconveniences.
Can you please release 6.5.2 at supports Node v6?

IvanGoncharov on 21 Aug 2019

FWIW, this is also causing a bit of issues in the Ember ecosystem. Many packages have already updated to drop Node 6 support (with major version bumps) but some are waiting for specific circumstances to do a major version bump (e.g. a new feature on the way).