volta-core: can't fetch node >=4.0.0 < 4.5.0 for win

[sergeysedoy97]

volta fetch [email protected]
error: Could not find Node version matching ">= 4.4.0 < 4.5.0" in the version registry.

You are trying to download the archive from https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.4.5/node-v4.4.5-win-x64.zip, but versions before 4.5.0 contain only .msi packages, as a workaround, you can use the node.exe binary in win-x64 and win-x86 folders.

[charlespierce]

Hi @sergeysedoy97, thanks for raising this! While it's possible we could adapt our installation process to fetch the raw binary and install ourselves, given that Node 4 went EOL ~3 years ago, I'm not sure that the benefits would outweigh the additional complexity. Especially since there appear to be versions in the Node v4 channel that do include the zip file.

We can definitely improve the error message, however, to detect that the requested version is older and not supported.