NodeJS in winget is not up to date

[stefanseeger]

URL:

https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/all#windows-1

Browser Name:

Chrome

Browser Version:

128.0.6613.85

Operating System:

Windows

How to reproduce the issue:

The documentations is referencing WinGet as possiblity to install nodejs on windows.
Unfortunately, winget is only having version up to 19
https://winget.run/pkg/OpenJS/NodeJS

Can you please publish more recent version to winget

[aduh95]

IIUC the latest version is already there: microsoft/winget-pkgs#214140

[stefanseeger]

Just to be more specific, I'm needing 20.18.2

[stefanseeger]

With OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS I'm able to get 22.13.1
winget install --id=OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS -v "22.13.1" -e

But for version 20 LTS the expected version 20.18.2 is missing instead 20.18.0 is provided

Same for 18 LTS the expected version 18.20.6 is missing and instead 18.20.4

Maybe someone is able to dig into it

[aduh95]

FWIW I very agree with what you say in #7419 (comment), winget versioning is confusing. IIUC, they support only two release lines max – one per package. So OpenJS.NodeJS tracks Current releases (at the time of writing, 23.x), OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS tracks one LTS line (at the time of writing 22.x). My guess is that if you were to send a PR to add 18.20.6, it would downgrade folks who are using it to get 22.x or 23.x.

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

Wait, is winget.run > https://winget.run/pkg/OpenJS/NodeJS the correct place to look for winget packages? It has the SEO when I Google winget node.js, but only lists v19.

https://winstall.app/apps/OpenJS.NodeJS, on the other hand, does mention 23.6.1

23.6.1 is still out of date at time of writing vs 22.13.1 🙃 but much less so.

[stefanseeger]

Wait, is winget.run > https://winget.run/pkg/OpenJS/NodeJS the correct place to look for winget packages? It has the SEO when I Google winget node.js, but only lists v19.

https://winstall.app/apps/OpenJS.NodeJS, on the other hand, does mention 23.6.1

23.6.1 is still out of date at time of writing vs 22.13.1 🙃 but much less so.

You are right, this I also noticed. But forgot to mention because I was confused with the versioning generally.