[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52341: Upgrade old branches to run on NodeJS LTS (currently 14.x)

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#52341: Upgrade old branches to run on NodeJS LTS (currently 14.x)
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 Reporter:  desrosj                         |       Owner:  desrosj
     Type:  task (blessed)                  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  high                            |   Milestone:  5.7
Component:  Build/Test Tools                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing has-patch commit  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by desrosj):

 In [changeset:"50216" 50216]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="" revision="50216"
 Build/Test Tools: Support NodeJS 14.x in the 4.1 branch.

 This updates the 4.1 branch to support the latest LTS version of NodeJS
 (currently 14.x), allowing the same version to be used across all
 WordPress branches that receive security updates as a courtesy.

 Because older branches use (really) old versions of NodeJS, the local
 Docker environment cannot be backported since the needed dependencies will
 not run on these older versions (see #48301). This also blocks the ability
 to move automated testing over to GitHub Actions (see #50401).

 This change also introduces a `packager-lock.json` file to the branch.

 In addition to backporting the package updates that happened after
 branching 4.1, dependencies that were removed in future releases have also
 been updated to their latest versions.

 Props desrosj, dd32, netweb, jorbin.
 Merges
 [31425,31504,31557,31648-31650,32356-32357,32988,33726,35363,35513,35521,35538-35541,35859,36861-36865,37017,37019-37020,37212,37612,38111,39110,39113,39115-39117,39478,41835,42460-42461,42463,42887,43320,43323,43977,44219,44233,45321,45765,46404,46408-46409,47404,47867,47872-47873,48705,49636,49933,49937,49939,50126,50176,50185]
 to the 4.1 branch.
 See #52341.
 }}}

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