Upgrading Problems - Can we help?

[mhdawson]

This is a copy of the text posted in: nodejs/user-feedback#116 which was posted Oct 26 2018:

As Node.js 10.x becomes LTS next week,now is a good time to consider upgrading.

We understand that there are stometimes issues when migrating to a newer Node.js major version.
One of the things we have heard is that this can be due to a module in the dependency chain that is not being updated.

We would like to gather some feedback and better understand how we can improve the migration experience.

Sme questions we would like to float to the community:

What challenges do you have when you upgrade to a newer Node.js major release?
Have all modules you depend on been updated?
Which specific modules do you have problems with when upgrading. And more specifically are there any modules preventing you from migrating to 10.x?
Are you a maintainer that is overwhelmed and you are not able to update your modules anymore?

[mhdawson]

Continuation of discussion from nodejs/user-feedback#116 as we believe its best handled in this repo.

[ljharb]

Let’s also clarify, please - apps should be upgraded to node 10, and modules should be updated to work on node 10 - but imo in no way should we be endorsing dropping support for anything older than node 10 (#114 has some discussion).

[dominykas]

@mhdawson would you mind dating the original text in the top post? I got rather confused by the "Node.js 10.x becomes LTS next week" in the opening sentence.

[mhdawson]

@dominykas done.