Automate Node.js Version Updates and Compatibility Verification in the pde2e images

[amisskii]

Currently, we set the Node.js version manually in our pde2e-runner script. We should figure out an automated workflow for updating the Node.js version.

A possible solution could look like this: use Dependabot to detect and fetch new Node.js LTS versions, then trigger an automated workflow that verifies the new version does not break anything.

[benoitf]

I discussed it long time ago for podman desktop, the idea was to put the version in the source and the setup-node reading the version from there rather than specifying the version in the github action

https://github.com/actions/setup-node/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#node-version-file

[amisskii]

I discussed it long time ago for podman desktop, the idea was to put the version in the source and the setup-node reading the version from there rather than specifying the version in the github action

https://github.com/actions/setup-node/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#node-version-file

This issue is trying to solve a different problem than specifying the node version in GHA. The problem is with the node installation during the runner scripts used to preconfigure Azure machines: https://github.com/odockal/pde2e-runner/blob/dde33915cf5935381bc3c0d09117bc1b2c273a81/lib/darwin/runner.sh?utm_source=chatgpt.com#L4. But sure, I think we could use the source file and fetch the node version from there for the runner as well.

[amisskii]

related issue: podman-desktop/podman-desktop#17573