chore: drop node v14 and add node v20 (#4459)

.github/actions/docker-publish/action.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ runs:
  # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action
  using: "composite"
  steps:
- - name: Use npm 14
+ - name: Use node 16
  uses: actions/setup-node@v3
  with:
- node-version: 14
+ node-version: 16
 
  - name: Run installation
  run: npm ci

.github/workflows/pr.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
  strategy:
  fail-fast: false
  matrix:
- node: [14.0.0, 14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
+ node: [16.0.0, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
  os: [windows-2019, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-12]
 
  runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
  - name: Check bundle size
  # this should match the os and version used in the release.yml
- if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-22.04') && startsWith(matrix.node, '14.') && matrix.node != '14.0.0'
+ if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-22.04') && startsWith(matrix.node, '20.') && matrix.node != '20.0.0'
  # 1. build ganache
  # 2. pack it into a tarball
  # 3. measure the _unpacked_ tarball's size
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
  INFURA_KEY: "badc0de0deadc0debadc0de0deadc0de"
  - name: Upload artifact
  # this should match the os and version used in the release.yml
- if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-22.04') && startsWith(matrix.node, '14.') && matrix.node != '14.0.0'
+ if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu-22.04') && startsWith(matrix.node, '20.') && matrix.node != '20.0.0'
  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
  with:
  name: Candidate

.github/workflows/push.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
  strategy:
  fail-fast: false
  matrix:
- node: [14.0.0, 14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
+ node: [16.0.0, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
  os: [ubuntu-22.04]
 
  runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
  strategy:
  fail-fast: false
  matrix:
- node: [14.0.0, 14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
+ node: [16.0.0, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
  os: [windows-2019, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-12]
 
  runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ jobs:
  fetch-depth: 0
  - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
  with:
- # use node 14 until we can evaluate using npm 7+ and lock file version 2
  # this should match the node version used by the "check bundle size"
  # step in pr.yml
- node-version: 14
+ node-version: 20
 
  - name: Import Robot GPG key
  uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v4

.nvmrc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-v14.0.0
+v16.0.0

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Getting set up
 
-- Use Node.js v14.0.0.
- - Why v14.0.0? Because this is the first LTS release of Node.js v14 and is the earliest version Ganache supports.
+- Use Node.js v16.0.0.
+ - Why v16.0.0? Because this is the first LTS release of Node.js v16 and is the earliest version Ganache supports.
  - recommendation: use [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) on Linux and macOS, and [nvm-windows](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows) on
  Windows, to configure your node version.
- - On Linux and macOS, if you have `nvm` installed, just run `nvm use` to switch to Node.js v14.0.0.
+ - On Linux and macOS, if you have `nvm` installed, just run `nvm use` to switch to Node.js v16.0.0.
 - `git clone git@github.com:trufflesuite/ganache.git`
 - `cd ganache`
-- `npm install` (use npm v6)
+- `npm install` (use npm v7)
 
 ## Solving node-gyp issues
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ index 2a2aa9e..57cbf21 100644
 
 These are guidelines, not rules. :-)
 
-- Use Node.js v14.0.0 for most local development.
+- Use Node.js v16.0.0 for most local development.
 - Use `bigint` literals, e.g., `123n`; if the number is externally configurable and/or could exceed
  `Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`.
 - Write tests.

UPGRADE-GUIDE.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ depending on how you originally installed ganache-cli or ganache-core._
 
 #### Locally installed
 
-A local installation makes it possible to `import` or `require` Ganache 
+A local installation makes it possible to `import` or `require` Ganache
 programmatically from JavaScript or TypeScript. Additionally, you can run the
 command line version of Ganache from your [package.json scripts](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/using-npm/scripts) or directly
 from the command line using `npx ganache` ([what is npx?](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npx)).
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ and it defaulted to `true`.
 
 Ganache now _disables_ the `vmErrorsOnRPCResponse` functionality by default.
 
-If your code relies on these non-standard errors on transaction failure, you'll 
+If your code relies on these non-standard errors on transaction failure, you'll
 need to _enable_ the `vmErrorsOnRpcResponse` flag to restore this behavior:
 
 ```console
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ As of v7.0.0 we no longer support Node v8-v10. You'll need to update to Node v12
 
 We no longer support Node v12. You'll need to update to Node v14.0.0 or later. NOTE: Support for Node.js v14.x.x will be dropped shortly after the Node.js Foundation stops supporting it in April 2023.
 
+#### v7.8.0+, Dropped support for Node v14
+
+We no longer support Node v14. You'll need to update to Node v16.0.0 or later. NOTE: Support for Node.js v16.x.x will be dropped shortly after the Node.js Foundation stops supporting it in April 2024.
+
 #### DockerHub repo has been moved to trufflesuite/ganache
 
 You may want to remove your old Docker images and containers and then pull
@@ -288,7 +292,7 @@ likely enable this in the future.
 
 Ganache's old database format is incompatible with this version. We've decided
 to hold off on building migration tools for this. If you will need a migration
-tool (you use the `db` flag or the `db_path` option and are unable to recreate 
+tool (you use the `db` flag or the `db_path` option and are unable to recreate
 your initial DB state) please
 [open an issue](https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/issues/new)
 to let us know.
@@ -343,7 +347,7 @@ If you send a transaction with `eth_sendTransaction` and that transaction doesn'
 
 ```typescript
 // send a "legacy" transaction
-const hash = await provider.request("eth_sendTransaction", [{ from }]); 
+const hash = await provider.request("eth_sendTransaction", [{ from }]);
 const tx = await provider.request("eth_getTransactionByHash", [hash]);
 // The returned `type` field indicates it was updated to a type 2 transaction
 assert.strictEqual(tx.type, "0x2");