feat: update supported node engines in package.json

This also replaces the previous check for known broken versions of node
with an exception handler for syntax errors in order to try and give a
nicer error message when attempting to run npm on older node versions.

BREAKING CHANGE: `npm` is now compatible with the following semver range
for node: `^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0`

Ref: npm/statusboard#519

Author: wraithgar

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         node-version:
-          - 12.13.0
-          - 12.x
-          - 14.15.0
+          - 14.17.0
           - 14.x
-          - 16.0.0
+          - 16.13.0
           - 16.x
+          - 18.0.0
+          - 18.x
         platform:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             shell: bash

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         node-version:
-          - 12.13.0
-          - 12.x
-          - 14.15.0
+          - 14.17.0
           - 14.x
-          - 16.0.0
+          - 16.13.0
           - 16.x
+          - 18.0.0
+          - 18.x
         platform:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             shell: bash
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         node-version:
-          - 12.13.0
-          - 12.x
-          - 14.15.0
+          - 14.17.0
           - 14.x
-          - 16.0.0
+          - 16.13.0
           - 16.x
+          - 18.0.0
+          - 18.x
         platform:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             shell: bash

package-lock.json

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         "tap": "^16.0.1"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16"
+        "node": "^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0"
       }
     },
     "docs": {

package.json

@@ -256,6 +256,6 @@
   },
   "license": "Artistic-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16"
+    "node": "^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0"
   }
 }