Use `EventTarget` when targeting Node.js 26

[Richienb]

EventTarget is a built-in way to do events in Node.js 16+. This could be used instead of eventemitter3 when Node.js 14 is EOL.

[sindresorhus]

This can be done now.

[Richienb]

nevermind https://nodejs.org/api/events.html#class-customevent

[Richienb]

waiting for CustomEvent to go stable on node

[Richienb]

CustomEvent exposed in globals on v19 nodejs/node#44860
I think new globals is semver major so might not be backported...?

[Richienb]

Node.js 18 will be EOL April 2025. So, we should make this change by sometime early 2025.

[Richienb]

ErrorEvent is not implemented in Node.js. If this ends up not being brought over, we could use CustomEvent instead, but it would be an inelegant solution for everything but Node.
I am asking here: nodejs/node#58918

[cokybit]

EventTarget is a built-in way to do events in Node.js 16+. This could be used instead of eventemitter3 when Node.js 14 is EOL.

[Richienb]

ErrorEvent will probably appear in Node.js v25, so waiting until v26.
Node.js v24 will be EOL 30 Apr 2028.