Migrate to ESM and upgrade dependencies (#752)

* Migrate to ESM and upgrade dependencies

* Address review: use type-only import for QualityOptions

* update version to 6.0.0 in package.json and package-lock.json

* Add ESM migration note to README for V6

* Update test imports for ESM and clean up devDependencies (ts-node, @types/jest)

* Pin @types/node to 24.x and refine tsconfig/README wording

.licenses/npm/@azure/core-rest-pipeline.dep.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 name: "@azure/core-rest-pipeline"
-version: 1.22.2
+version: 1.24.0
 type: npm
 summary: Isomorphic client library for making HTTP requests in node.js and browser.
-homepage: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js/blob/main/sdk/core/core-rest-pipeline/
+homepage: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-js/tree/main/sdk/core/core-rest-pipeline/README.md
 license: mit
 licenses:
 - sources: LICENSE