fix: drop support for webpack@v4 (#355)

BREAKING CHANGE: Drop support for Node versions 12, 14, 17 and 19

BREAKING CHANGE: Drop support for `webpack@4`

BREAKING CHANGE: Drop support for `html-webpack-plugin@3`

Author: SimenB

.github/workflows/node.js.yml

@@ -20,22 +20,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x, 17.x, 18.x]
-        html-plugin-version: [3, 4, 5]
-        webpack-version: [4, 5]
-        exclude:
-          # plugin@5 only supports webpack@5
-          - html-plugin-version: 5
-            webpack-version: 4
-          # plugin@3 only supports webpack@4
-          - html-plugin-version: 3
-            webpack-version: 5
-          # webpack@4 does not support node@17: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/14532
-          - node-version: 17.x
-            webpack-version: 4
-          # webpack@4 does not support node@18: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/14532
-          - node-version: 18.x
-            webpack-version: 4
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
+        html-plugin-version: [4, 5]
+        webpack-version: [5]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:

package.json

@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "stoppable": "^1.1.0",
     "webpack": "^5.23.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^4.5.0"
+    "webpack-cli": "^5.1.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.4 || ^4.0.0-0 || ^5.0.0",
-    "webpack": "^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0"
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0",
+    "webpack": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16.0.0"
+    "node": "^16.13.0 || ^18.12.0 || >=20.0.0"
   },
   "jest": {
     "testEnvironment": "node",

yarn.lock

@@ -1663,36 +1663,36 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
-"@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:^1.2.0":
-  version: 1.2.0
-  resolution: "@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:1.2.0"
+"@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:^2.1.0":
+  version: 2.1.0
+  resolution: "@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:2.1.0"
   peerDependencies:
-    webpack: 4.x.x || 5.x.x
-    webpack-cli: 4.x.x
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+    webpack: 5.x.x
+    webpack-cli: 5.x.x
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   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@webpack-cli/info@npm:^1.5.0":
-  version: 1.5.0
-  resolution: "@webpack-cli/info@npm:1.5.0"
-  dependencies:
-    envinfo: ^7.7.3
+"@webpack-cli/info@npm:^2.0.1":
+  version: 2.0.1
+  resolution: "@webpack-cli/info@npm:2.0.1"
   peerDependencies:
-    webpack-cli: 4.x.x
-  checksum: 7f56fe037cd7d1fd5c7428588519fbf04a0cad33925ee4202ffbafd00f8ec1f2f67d991245e687d50e0f3e23f7b7814273d56cb9f7da4b05eed47c8d815c6296
+    webpack: 5.x.x
+    webpack-cli: 5.x.x
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   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@webpack-cli/serve@npm:^1.7.0":
-  version: 1.7.0
-  resolution: "@webpack-cli/serve@npm:1.7.0"
+"@webpack-cli/serve@npm:^2.0.4":
+  version: 2.0.4
+  resolution: "@webpack-cli/serve@npm:2.0.4"
   peerDependencies:
-    webpack-cli: 4.x.x
+    webpack: 5.x.x
+    webpack-cli: 5.x.x
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     webpack-dev-server:
       optional: true
-  checksum: d475e8effa23eb7ff9a48b14d4de425989fd82f906ce71c210921cc3852327c22873be00c35e181a25a6bd03d424ae2b83e7f3b3f410ac7ee31b128ab4ac7713
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   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -1790,10 +1790,10 @@ __metadata:
     slash: ^3.0.0
     stoppable: ^1.1.0
     webpack: ^5.23.0
-    webpack-cli: ^4.5.0
+    webpack-cli: ^5.1.1
   peerDependencies:
-    html-webpack-plugin: ^3.0.4 || ^4.0.0-0 || ^5.0.0
-    webpack: ^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0
+    html-webpack-plugin: ^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0
+    webpack: ^5.0.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -2753,20 +2753,20 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"commander@npm:^10.0.1":
+  version: 10.0.1
+  resolution: "commander@npm:10.0.1"
+  checksum: 436901d64a818295803c1996cd856621a74f30b9f9e28a588e726b2b1670665bccd7c1a77007ebf328729f0139838a88a19265858a0fa7a8728c4656796db948
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "commander@npm:^2.20.0":
   version: 2.20.3
   resolution: "commander@npm:2.20.3"
   checksum: ab8c07884e42c3a8dbc5dd9592c606176c7eb5c1ca5ff274bcf907039b2c41de3626f684ea75ccf4d361ba004bbaff1f577d5384c155f3871e456bdf27becf9e
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"commander@npm:^7.0.0":
-  version: 7.2.0
-  resolution: "commander@npm:7.2.0"
-  checksum: 53501cbeee61d5157546c0bef0fedb6cdfc763a882136284bed9a07225f09a14b82d2a84e7637edfd1a679fb35ed9502fd58ef1d091e6287f60d790147f68ddc
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "commander@npm:^8.3.0":
   version: 8.3.0
   resolution: "commander@npm:8.3.0"
@@ -4900,10 +4900,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"interpret@npm:^2.2.0":
-  version: 2.2.0
-  resolution: "interpret@npm:2.2.0"
-  checksum: f51efef7cb8d02da16408ffa3504cd6053014c5aeb7bb8c223727e053e4235bf565e45d67028b0c8740d917c603807aa3c27d7bd2f21bf20b6417e2bb3e5fd6e
+"interpret@npm:^3.1.1":
+  version: 3.1.1
+  resolution: "interpret@npm:3.1.1"
+  checksum: 35cebcf48c7351130437596d9ab8c8fe131ce4038da4561e6d665f25640e0034702a031cf7e3a5cea60ac7ac548bf17465e0571ede126f3d3a6933152171ac82
   languageName: node
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@@ -8116,12 +8116,12 @@ __metadata:
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-"rechoir@npm:^0.7.0":
-  version: 0.7.1
-  resolution: "rechoir@npm:0.7.1"
+"rechoir@npm:^0.8.0":
+  version: 0.8.0
+  resolution: "rechoir@npm:0.8.0"
   dependencies:
-    resolve: ^1.9.0
-  checksum: 2a04aab4e28c05fcd6ee6768446bc8b859d8f108e71fc7f5bcbc5ef25e53330ce2c11d10f82a24591a2df4c49c4f61feabe1fd11f844c66feedd4cd7bb61146a
+    resolve: ^1.20.0
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   languageName: node
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@@ -8231,7 +8231,7 @@ __metadata:
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-"resolve@npm:^1.10.0, resolve@npm:^1.20.0, resolve@npm:^1.22.1, resolve@npm:^1.9.0":
+"resolve@npm:^1.10.0, resolve@npm:^1.20.0, resolve@npm:^1.22.1":
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   resolution: "resolve@npm:1.22.3"
   dependencies:
@@ -8244,7 +8244,7 @@ __metadata:
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-"resolve@patch:resolve@^1.10.0#~builtin<compat/resolve>, resolve@patch:resolve@^1.20.0#~builtin<compat/resolve>, resolve@patch:resolve@^1.22.1#~builtin<compat/resolve>, resolve@patch:resolve@^1.9.0#~builtin<compat/resolve>":
+"resolve@patch:resolve@^1.10.0#~builtin<compat/resolve>, resolve@patch:resolve@^1.20.0#~builtin<compat/resolve>, resolve@patch:resolve@^1.22.1#~builtin<compat/resolve>":
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   resolution: "resolve@patch:resolve@npm%3A1.22.3#~builtin<compat/resolve>::version=1.22.3&hash=c3c19d"
   dependencies:
@@ -9570,36 +9570,35 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"webpack-cli@npm:^4.5.0":
-  version: 4.10.0
-  resolution: "webpack-cli@npm:4.10.0"
+"webpack-cli@npm:^5.1.1":
+  version: 5.1.1
+  resolution: "webpack-cli@npm:5.1.1"
   dependencies:
     "@discoveryjs/json-ext": ^0.5.0
-    "@webpack-cli/configtest": ^1.2.0
-    "@webpack-cli/info": ^1.5.0
-    "@webpack-cli/serve": ^1.7.0
+    "@webpack-cli/configtest": ^2.1.0
+    "@webpack-cli/info": ^2.0.1
+    "@webpack-cli/serve": ^2.0.4
     colorette: ^2.0.14
-    commander: ^7.0.0
+    commander: ^10.0.1
     cross-spawn: ^7.0.3
+    envinfo: ^7.7.3
     fastest-levenshtein: ^1.0.12
     import-local: ^3.0.2
-    interpret: ^2.2.0
-    rechoir: ^0.7.0
+    interpret: ^3.1.1
+    rechoir: ^0.8.0
     webpack-merge: ^5.7.3
   peerDependencies:
-    webpack: 4.x.x || 5.x.x
+    webpack: 5.x.x
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     "@webpack-cli/generators":
       optional: true
-    "@webpack-cli/migrate":
-      optional: true
     webpack-bundle-analyzer:
       optional: true
     webpack-dev-server:
       optional: true
   bin:
     webpack-cli: bin/cli.js
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