changed!: upgrade nodejs version to 18 (#4903)

.github/workflows/jsonrpc-client-npm-package.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: "18"
       - name: Get tag
         id: tag
         uses: dawidd6/action-get-tag@v1

.github/workflows/jsonrpc.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Use Node.js 16.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 18.x
       - name: Add Rust cache
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: npm install

.github/workflows/node-docs.yml

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 16.x
+      - name: Use Node.js 18.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 18.x
 
       - name: npm install and generate documentation
         working-directory: node

.github/workflows/node-package.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: "18"
       - name: System info
         run: |
           rustc -vV
@@ -66,10 +66,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     # Build Linux prebuilds inside a container with old glibc for backwards compatibility.
-    # Debian 10 contained glibc 2.28 at the time of the writing (2023-06-04): https://packages.debian.org/buster/libc6
-    # Ubuntu 18.04 is at the End of Standard Support since June 2023, but it contains glibc 2.27,
-    # so we are using it to support Ubuntu 18.04 setups that are still not upgraded.
-    container: ubuntu:18.04
+    # Debian 10 contained glibc 2.28: https://packages.debian.org/buster/libc6
+    container: debian:10
     steps:
       # Working directory is owned by 1001:1001 by default.
       # Change it to our user.
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: "18"
       - run: apt-get update
 
       # Python is needed for node-gyp
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: "18"
       - name: Get tag
         id: tag
         uses: dawidd6/action-get-tag@v1

.github/workflows/node-tests.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: "18"
       - name: System info
         run: |
           rustc -vV

node/README.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ npm install deltachat-node
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-- Nodejs >= `v16.0.0`
+- Nodejs >= `v18.0.0`
 - rustup (optional if you can't use the prebuilds)
 
 > On Windows, you may need to also install **Perl** to be able to compile deltachat-core.
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ Then, in the `deltachat-desktop` repository, run:
 deltachat doesn't support universal (fat) binaries (that contain builds for both cpu architectures) yet, until it does you can use the following workaround to get x86_64 builds:
 
 ```
-$ fnm install 17 --arch x64
-$ fnm use 17
+$ fnm install 19 --arch x64
+$ fnm use 19
 $ node -p process.arch
 # result should be x64
 $ rustup target add x86_64-apple-darwin
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ $ npm run test
 If your node and electron are already build for arm64 you can also try building for arm:
 
 ```
-$ fnm install 16 --arch arm64
-$ fnm use 16
+$ fnm install 18 --arch arm64
+$ fnm use 18
 $ node -p process.arch
 # result should be arm64
 $ npm_config_arch=arm64 npm run build

node/windows.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ E.g via <https://git-scm.com/download/win>
 
 ## install node
 
-Download and install `v16` from <https://nodejs.org/en/>
+Download and install `v18` from <https://nodejs.org/en/>
 
 ## install rust
 

package.json

@@ -2,28 +2,26 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "napi-macros": "^2.0.0",
-    "node-gyp-build": "^4.1.0"
+    "node-gyp-build": "^4.6.1"
   },
   "description": "node.js bindings for deltachat-core",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.7",
-    "@types/node": "^16.11.26",
+    "@types/node": "^18.18.8",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "esm": "^3.2.25",
-    "hallmark": "^2.0.0",
     "mocha": "^8.2.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
-    "node-gyp": "^9.0.0",
-    "opn-cli": "^5.0.0",
-    "prebuildify": "^3.0.0",
-    "prebuildify-ci": "^1.0.4",
+    "node-gyp": "^10.0.0",
+    "prebuildify": "^5.0.1",
+    "prebuildify-ci": "^1.0.5",
     "prettier": "^2.0.5",
     "typedoc": "^0.17.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.9.10"
+    "typescript": "^5.2.2"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "node/scripts/*",
@@ -49,12 +47,11 @@
     "build:core:rust": "node node/scripts/rebuild-core.js",
     "clean": "rm -rf node/dist node/build node/prebuilds node/node_modules ./target",
     "download-prebuilds": "prebuildify-ci download",
-    "hallmark": "hallmark --fix",
     "install": "node node/scripts/install.js",
     "install:prebuilds": "cd node && node-gyp-build \"npm run build:core\" \"npm run build:bindings:c:postinstall\"",
     "lint": "prettier --check \"node/lib/**/*.{ts,tsx}\"",
     "lint-fix": "prettier --write \"node/lib/**/*.{ts,tsx}\" \"node/test/**/*.js\"",
-    "prebuildify": "cd node && prebuildify -t 16.13.0 --napi --strip --postinstall \"node scripts/postinstall.js --prebuild\"",
+    "prebuildify": "cd node && prebuildify -t 18.0.0 --napi --strip --postinstall \"node scripts/postinstall.js --prebuild\"",
     "test": "npm run test:lint && npm run test:mocha",
     "test:lint": "npm run lint",
     "test:mocha": "mocha -r esm node/test/test.js --growl --reporter=spec --bail --exit"