node20 support and new release

[MikeMcC399]

Current situation

The latest release of this action v5.2.0 runs under the deprecated node16 version of Node.js

action-semantic-pull-request/action.yml

Lines 4 to 6 in 00282d6

	runs:
	using: 'node16'
	main: 'dist/index.js'

Node.js 16 already entered into end-of-life on Sep 11, 2023.

Requested change

Please update the action to run under node20 according to the GitHub announcement GitHub Actions: Transitioning from Node 16 to Node 20 dated Sep 22, 2023.

See also runs for JavaScript actions.

Benefit

According to GitHub's announcement all node16 JavaScript actions will be forced to run under node20 early in 2024. Proactively migrating, testing and releasing a new version of this action gives users the opportunity to migrate earlier than the forced migration and avoids any surprises that may be caused by any otherwise undiscovered incompatibility with node20.

[amannn]

Great point, thanks for bringing this up! Would you be interested in setting up a PR with the relevant change?

[MikeMcC399]

@amannn

Would you be interested in setting up a PR with the relevant change?

Thanks for your interest!

Unfortunately I don't have the history and experience in this repo, so I'm probably not the best person to be submitting a PR for this change. It looks like there are multiple changes which would be necessary and it's not simply a case of changing action.yml to refer to node20 instead of node16. Workflows are also running under the end-of-life Node.js 16 and these should probably be changed as well. It will probably take 6 months before GitHub forces the use of node20, so hopefully that should be enough time to prepare.

[github-actions]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 5.3.0 🎉

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