Update circle-ci config to test the project against a third node version (#3787)

* Update circle-ci config to test the project against a third (experimental) node version

* disable webext test on node 16

* fmt

* fix npm link

* Revert "disable webext test on node 16"

This reverts commit 8c2153d947.

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -17,11 +17,19 @@ references:
       CIRCLE_COMPARE_URL: << pipeline.project.git_url >>/compare/<< pipeline.git.base_revision >>..<<pipeline.git.revision>>
 
   defaults-next: &defaults-next
-    working_directory: ~/addons-linter
+    <<: *defaults
     docker:
       # This is the next NodeJS version we will support.
       - image: circleci/node:14
 
+  defaults-alternate: &defaults-alternate
+    <<: *defaults
+    docker:
+      # This is an alternate Node version we support or want to support in the
+      # (far) future. It can either be lower or higher than the current Node
+      # version we run in production.
+      - image: circleci/node:16
+
   restore_build_cache: &restore_build_cache
     restore_cache:
       name: restore npm package cache
@@ -69,6 +77,19 @@ references:
       paths:
         - ./node_modules
 
+  restore_alternate_build_cache: &restore_alternate_build_cache
+    restore_cache:
+      name: restore npm package cache
+      keys:
+        - alternate-npm-packages-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
+
+  save_alternate_build_cache: &save_alternate_build_cache
+    save_cache:
+      name: save npm package cache
+      key: alternate-npm-packages-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
+      paths:
+        - ./node_modules
+
 jobs:
   test:
     <<: *defaults
@@ -111,6 +132,21 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run test-integration:production
       - run: npm run webext-test-functional
 
+  test-alternate:
+    <<: *defaults-alternate
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - *restore_alternate_build_cache
+      - *run_npm_install
+      - *save_alternate_build_cache
+      - *make_production_build
+      - *configure_global_npm
+      - run: npm run test-ci
+      # run integration tests using an addons-linter binary in a
+      # production-like environment
+      - run: npm run test-integration:production
+      - run: npm run webext-test-functional
+
   publish-rules:
     <<: *defaults
     steps:
@@ -140,6 +176,7 @@ workflows:
             tags:
               only: /.*/
       - test-next
+      - test-alternate
       - publish-rules:
           requires:
             - test

scripts/webext-test-functional

@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 npm install
 npm run build
 
-# Create (global) addons-linter link
+LINTER_PATH=`pwd`
-# See: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/link
-npm link
 
 # Fetch web-ext
 git clone https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext
 cd web-ext
 
-# Link addons-linter, then install web-ext's dependencies
+# install web-ext's dependencies, then link the addons-linter
+# dependency from the local addons-linter repo clone.
 npm install
-npm link addons-linter
+mv node_modules/addons-linter node_modules/addons-linter.npm
+ln -s $LINTER_PATH node_modules/addons-linter
 
 # Run web-ext functional tests
 MOCHA_TIMEOUT=60000 npm run test-functional