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AFAIK we have not published a version 4 of node-gyp even though we bumped the version in package.json
in #1212. For the current version (from the v3.x
branch) we're still maintaining compatibility with Node.js v0.10, v0.12 and v4 which are all EOL. One of the justifications previously used to pin the version of request was compatibility with those versions (although #1492 looks to be okay on that front).
I propose that we should release a v4 of node-gyp that drops support for EOL versions of Node.js. I also propose we drop support in v4 of node-gyp for Node.js v6, which is in maintenance, as it is extremely unlikely it will get a npm (and hence node-gyp) update before it goes EOL (and if one is required we can do another node-gyp@3 release).