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[Deb] Provide a node_x repo, that always points to the latest version

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Since Oct 22, 2024.

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Description

Describe your feature request
This is a feature request.
It would be nice to have a deb registry that always points to the latest major version of nodejs, to auto-upgrade to the latest version.

Distribution Information:

  • OS: Ubuntu
  • Version : 24.10

Node Version:

  • Node: 23

To Reproduce
Version 23.x of NodeJS is now available, I won't get the update without changing the registry URL in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list.

Expected behavior
The current script & available repos are tied to a specific NodeJS version.
On my dev machines, I like to always use the latest version to try out new features & test newer versions for regressions.
The current model requires to change the registry URL on each new major release, on each dev machines.

A repo pointing to the latest release would be nice to have.

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