docs: specify minimum required react version

[balazsorban44]

Fixes #36041

This might be a useful addition in light of third-party lib issues around React 18, even if Next.js itself does not concern itself with those issues.

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[shuding]

Is it true that the minimum React version for Next.js 12 is 17.0.2 (the last version before React 18)? I thought versions like 17.0.0 also works?

[balazsorban44]

Peer dependencies says:

next.js/packages/next/package.json

Line 80 in 4bf01d4

"react": "^17.0.2 || ^18.0.0-0",

(I guess this allows 17.0.0 and 17.0.1 as well, and is probably safe.)

But the migration docs says:

Most applications already use the latest version of React, with Next.js 11 the minimum React version has been updated to 17.0.2.