Merge pull request #23114 from backstage/freben/no-esm

start explicitly exluding known esm-only packages to reduce noise

.github/renovate.json5

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
   // do not pin dev dependencies, which are part of the best-practices preset
   ignorePresets: [':pinDevDependencies', ':pinDigest', 'docker:pinDigests'],
 
+  constraints: {
+    // TODO(freben): Remove this later; it addresses a temporary issue in corepack
+    // https://github.com/nodejs/corepack/issues/379
+    // https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/27465
+    corepack: '0.24.1',
+  },
+
   // the default limit are 10 PRs
   prConcurrentLimit: 20,
 
@@ -38,5 +45,14 @@
       matchSourceUrls: ['https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry'],
       enabled: false,
     },
+    // ESM only majors, that we're not ready for yet
+    {
+      matchPackageNames: ['node-fetch'],
+      allowedVersions: '<3.0.0',
+    },
+    {
+      matchPackageNames: ['inquirer', '@types/inquirer'],
+      allowedVersions: '<9.0.0',
+    },
   ],
 }