nvm install lts/current support?

[calidion]

Operating system and version:

Any

Request

To support

nvm install lts

to install the latest lts version

nvm install current

to install the latest current version

[ljharb]

Current isn't LTS. So, you just nvm install node.

[calidion]

current isn't lts.
so nvm install lts is needed.

[ljharb]

nvm install lts/* or nvm install --lts already works, for LTS versions. But, the "Current" release line isn't and never will be LTS, so to install it you just install the latest version of node.

[calidion]

nvm install lts/* or nvm install --lts already works, for LTS versions. But, the "Current" release line isn't and never will be LTS, so to install it you just install the latest version of node.

Thanks.

I mean use

nvm install current / lts

is more direct, intuitive, consistent with nodejs.

And I don't need to check the document to find it works for me.

[ljharb]

Ah, you mean you want a “current” alias built-in that means the same as “node”.

‘We’re already stuck with “stable” from pre-io.js days, and i wouldn’t want to be stuck with “current” one day too :-)

[calidion]

use

nvm install node

makes me think that we can potentially use

nvm install bun

And also I think using 'stable" is not proper because human beings make mistakes.
Release a stable version needs a lot of efforts.
Only a few releases can really be stable.
Such assumption tends to be wrong.
npm's range version and semver have such assumption and very big negative examples for such assumption.
That is why they turns out to be very problematic.

But current and lts have no such assumption, they are very objective deceptive nouns, will not bring such side effect.

[ljharb]

That’s the right understanding, because you can also use nvm install iojs.

In the v0.x days, node had “stable” and “unstable” releases, and that’s what that referred to.

All of these names have been official choices of the node project.

[calidion]

Though the node project is a great project , the maintainers are not good at choosing right names and technical rules:)
I hope the bun support will be added soon:)

[ljharb]

For that question, follow #3189.