bug(windows): ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME

[Kristinita]

1. Summary

I can’t begin to use fetch-github-release on Windows. I get the error ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME.

2. Steps to reproduce

npm install --save-dev @terascope/fetch-github-release

npx fetch-github-release --version

3. Behavior

3.1. Expected — Ubuntu

Look at the Travis CI build:

$ npx fetch-github-release --version

1.0.0

(Possible bug — correct version is 2.0.0, not 1.0.0)

3.2. Bug — Windows

Look at the AppVeyor CI build:

npx fetch-github-release --version
(node:7116) ExperimentalWarning: CommonJS module C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\debug\src\node.js is loading ES Module C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\supports-color\index.js using require().
Support for loading ES Module in require() is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings …` to show where the warning was created)
node:internal/modules/esm/load:209
    throw new ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME(parsed, schemes);
          ^
Error [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]: Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'
    at throwIfUnsupportedURLScheme (node:internal/modules/esm/load:209:11)
    at defaultLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/load:107:3)
    at ModuleLoader.load (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:670:12)
    at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:483:43)
    at #createModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:507:36)
    at #getJobFromResolveResult (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:275:34)
    at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:243:41)
    at async onImport.tracePromise.__proto__ (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:546:25) {
  code: 'ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME'
}
Node.js v23.2.0
Command exited with code 1

4. Environment

1. Local

   1. Microsoft Windows 11 [Version 10.0.22621.3085]
   2. Node.js v23.9.0

2. AppVeyor

   1. Windows Server 2019
   2. Node.js v23.2.0

3. Travis

   1. Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS Jammy
   2. Node.js v23.9.0

Thanks.

[godber]

Unfortunately, we don't have the need or ability to support the windows platform. I don't know if we'd even consider a PR that adds such support. Our best path forward is probably to explicitly document that we do not support windows and move on.