LTS downloading stable instead of LTS
necipallef opened this issue · comments
Bug Report
LTS downloading stable instead of LTS
Summary
Running n lts downloads node version 20.x.y, it should instead download 18.x.y
Steps to Reproduce
Run n lts
Expected Behaviour
Node 18 is installed, as it is the LTS version.
Actual Behaviour
Node 20 is installed. Node 20 is the stable version.
Other Information
It seems like the option LTS is treated the same as stable, but they should not be the same.
never mind, it turns out that LTS is actually Node20. I misread the articles in Node website.
Long ago Node.js used stable to describe a stable version which at the time was an even numbered release.
The modern terminology is LTS and current. Often there are two LTS versions, one in active development and one in maintenance. See https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases and https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.10.0
Were you expecting stable to mean the LTS version that is in maintenance mode? Did you see that usage somewhere? I have not seen that usage defined and n does not support a target label for that.
(I commented before seeing you has closed issue. Some bonus background anyway!)