Use engines.node as source of version data for "actions/setup-node" action #124
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These variables were used in the system that configures the task to use version 3.3.0 of ajv-cli instead of the standard project version. That system is no longer needed, and so has been removed. The variables were not removed at that time.
The actions/setup-node GitHub Actions action is used to set up Node.js in the GitHub Actions runner machine. The action supports obtaining the Node.js version to set up from the `engines.node` field of the package.json file. This allows us to define the standardized version of Node.js for use by project contributors in a single place rather than having to maintain multiple instances of that data.
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A single standardized version of Node.js is used for all development work in this repository, both by contributors and the automated validation systems.
The actions/setup-node GitHub Actions action is used to set up Node.js in the GitHub Actions runner machine.
The action supports obtaining the Node.js version to set up from the
engines.nodefield of thepackage.jsonfile:https://github.com/actions/setup-node/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#node-version-file
This allows us to define the standardized version of Node.js for use by project contributors in a single place rather than having to maintain multiple instances of that data.