chore(deps): migrate electron-packager to @electron/packager 18.3.4

[MikeMcC399]

• Closes Replace deprecated electron-packager #30124

Additional details

Replace the deprecated npm module electron-packager 17.1.2 in packages/electron with the renamed module @electron/packager 18.3.4.

The npm module electron-packager is deprecated and shows the message:

Please use @electron/packager moving forward. There is no API change, just a package name change

Steps to test

git clean -xfd
yarn
yarn workspace @packages/electron build
yarn workspace @packages/electron test

How has the user experience changed?

No change to user experience.

PR Tasks

• [na] Have tests been added/updated?
• [na] Has a PR for user-facing changes been opened in cypress-documentation?
• [na] Have API changes been updated in the type definitions?

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[jennifer-shehane]

Running tests

[MikeMcC399]

All tests have passed

Updating branch again.

[jennifer-shehane]

@MikeMcC399 Hmm, that's not a typical error I see. Unsure if it's related.

[MikeMcC399]

@jennifer-shehane

Hmm, that's not a typical error I see. Unsure if it's related.

I suggest to run the tests again to see if the error is reproducible.

[MikeMcC399]

I successfully ran

yarn binary-build
yarn binary-package
yarn binary-zip

according to /~https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/blob/develop/guides/building-release-artifacts.md

[jennifer-shehane]

@MikeMcC399 Running tests

[jennifer-shehane]

Noting breaking changes in 18: /~https://github.com/electron/packager/releases/tag/v18.0.0

[jennifer-shehane]

@MikeMcC399 Could you please pause on pulling in develop?

[MikeMcC399]

@jennifer-shehane

Could you please pause on pulling in develop?

Paused.

Should I leave this completely to you now? Just let me know if / when I should do anything else.

[MikeMcC399]

@jennifer-shehane

A new version was released on Sep 11, 2024:

/~https://github.com/electron/packager/releases/tag/v18.3.5

Do you want to update to this one whilst the PR is still open?

[jennifer-shehane]

Let just get this in since it's been open for so long and now rdy

[MikeMcC399]

@jennifer-shehane

Let just get this in since it's been open for so long and now rdy

That's fine. I just wanted to check with you. Renovate can probably take care of bumping to the latest if it's needed at any time.

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