Update Node.js to >= 24.0 and Yarn to 4.18.1 for Entityqueue Form Widget

Problem/Motivation

Node.js 20 reached end of life on 30 April 2026, and Drupal core main now requires "node": ">= 24.0" in core/package.json. Entityqueue Form Widget still declares "node": ">= 20.0" and "yarn": ">= 4.9.3" with packageManager yarn@4.9.3 on 2.0.x and 2.1.x, and tests/package.json has no engines.

Node 24 is the LTS line, latest v24.22.2, and it is one of the lines the November 2026 security releases will patch. Pinning the major picks those patches up with no further change. Local systems should use Node.js 24 or 26.

Steps to reproduce

1. On 2.0.x or 2.1.x, open package.json: the engines say "node": ">= 20.0" and "yarn": ">= 4.9.3", and packageManager is yarn@4.9.3.
2. Open tests/package.json: there is no engines block.
3. On 2.1.x, open .gitlab-ci.yml: the composer job sets DRUPAL_CORE to 11.4.3.

Proposed resolution

• package.json engines: "node": ">= 24.0". tests/package.json gets the same Node engine.
• Yarn moves to yarn@4.18.1 with the floor ">= 4.18.1", and .yarnrc.yml follows the Varbase standard (approvedGitRepositories, enableScripts, nodeLinker: node-modules, npmMinimalAgeGate: 0), which Yarn before 4.14.0 rejects.
• .gitlab-ci.yml: .composer-base, which every composer job extends, and stylelint set YARN_RC_FILENAME: .yarnrc.core.yml and YARN_NODE_LINKER: node-modules, so Drupal core's own Yarn 4.9.1 in those jobs does not read the project .yarnrc.yml, whose keys need Yarn 4.14.
• 2.1.x: DRUPAL_CORE moves from 11.4.3 to 11.4.11, since Twig 3.30 breaks rendered pages on Drupal core 11.4.0 to 11.4.7.
• yarn.lock is removed and .gitignore now ignores yarn.lock, package-lock.json and pnpm-lock.yaml, so installs resolve from package.json.
• Dependency ranges use carets, the way Drupal core writes them: tests/package.json asks for @vardot/varbase-e2e ^2.0.1 instead of ~2.0.1.

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Release notes snippet

• Node.js 24 or newer is now required, in the engines and CI. Yarn 4.18.1 is the package manager.