Add lts alias for lts/*

[zdm]

Description: Could you please add simple lts alias for the latest lts version in addition to the lts/*? lts/* is not obvious, ugly and confusing.

If ypu don't want to do this - please, close this issue immediately,

[HarithaVattikuti]

Hello @zdm Thank you for creating this feature request. We will investigate it and get back to you as soon as we have some feedback.

[ThePlenkov]

oh wow! That's exactly how I reached here. So following the official doc page:

- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
  with:
    # Version Spec of the version to use in SemVer notation.
    # It also admits such aliases as lts, latest, nightly and canary builds
    # Examples: 12.x, 10.15.1, >=10.15.0, lts/Hydrogen, 16-nightly, latest, node
    node-version: ''

we can see It also admits such aliases as lts

but this is what we get in real:

Run actions/setup-node@v4
  with:
    node-version: lts
    registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
    always-auth: false
    check-latest: false
    token: ***
Attempting to download lts...
Not found in manifest. Falling back to download directly from Node

[voldemortensen]

@ThePlenkov's experience is exactly how I ended up here as well. An lts alias would be great, but at a minimum the docs should be updated to be more clear.

[GauthierPLM]

Same feedback: the lts alias is described in the doc but doesn't work.

[zdm]

Is it possible to fix it? It will bee pretty easy to rename incoming tls option to lts/*.

[zdm]

@HarithaVattikuti Could you, please, make lts works? This is really 5-minutes fix. Just need to translate command line option 'ltstolts/*``. Thank you.

[zdm]

I can create PR, this is not a problem, but my experience says, that 99% of PRs from third-party developers are rejected.

[ThePlenkov]

@zdm if you know where to add - could you please create this PR and link to this issue? Thanks!

[zdm]

let's merge my PR and forget about this problem, it is already took too long

[zdm]

Could somebody process PR please? Or reject it and lets forget about this issue.