Node v4.8.0 (LTS)

Myles Borins

Notable Changes

  • child_process: add shell option to spawn() (cjihrig) #4598
  • deps:
    • v8: expose statistics about heap spaces (Ben Ripkens) #4463
  • crypto:
    • add ALPN Support (Shigeki Ohtsu) #2564
    • allow adding extra certs to well-known CAs (Sam Roberts) #9139
  • fs: add the fs.mkdtemp() function. (Florian MARGAINE) #5333
  • process:
    • add externalMemory to process (Fedor Indutny) #9587
    • add process.cpuUsage() (Patrick Mueller) #10796

Commits

  • [78010aa0cd] - build: add /opt/freeware/... to AIX library path (Stewart X Addison) #10128
  • [0bb77f24fa] - build: add (not) cross-compiled configure flags (Jesús Leganés-Combarro 'piranna) #10287
  • [58245225ef] - (SEMVER-MINOR) child_process: add shell option to spawn() (cjihrig) #4598
  • [1595328b44] - (SEMVER-MINOR) crypto: allow adding extra certs to well-known CAs (Sam Roberts) #9139
  • [bf882fba35] - crypto: Use reference count to manage cert_store (Adam Majer) #9409
  • [4cf7dcff99] - crypto: remove unnecessary variables of alpn/npn (Shigeki Ohtsu) #10831
  • [d8b902f787] - debugger: call this.resume() after this.run() (Lance Ball) #10099
  • [4e07bd45d6] - deps: update patch level in V8 (Myles Borins) #10668
  • [a234d445c4] - deps: backport a715957 from V8 upstream (Myles Borins) #10668
  • [ce66c8e424] - deps: backport 7a88ff3 from V8 upstream (Myles Borins) #10668
  • [8bd3d83e01] - deps: backport d800a65 from V8 upstream (Myles Borins) #10668
  • [81e9a3bfcb] - deps: V8: fix debug backtrace for symbols (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) #10732
  • [d8961bdb3b] - doc: correct vcbuild options for windows testing (Jonathan Boarman) #10686
  • [d3c5bc1c63] - doc: update BUILDING.md (rainabba) #8704
  • [d61c181085] - doc: unify dirname and filename description (Sam Roberts) #10527
  • [8eeccd82d2] - doc: killSignal option accepts integer values (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) #10424
  • [7db7e47d7b] - doc: change logical to bitwise OR in dns lookup (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) #11037
  • [28b707ba42] - doc: replace newlines in deprecation with space (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) #11074
  • [79d49866f2] - doc: update CONTRIBUTING.MD with link to V8 guide (sarahmeyer) #10070
  • [acbe4d3516] - doc: add joyeecheung to collaborators (Joyee Cheung) #10603
  • [c7378c4d5f] - doc: warn about unvalidated input in child_process (Matthew Garrett) #10466
  • [08e924e45c] - doc: require two-factor authentication (Rich Trott) #10529
  • [d260fb2e7e] - doc: use "Node.js" in V8 guide (Rich Trott) #10438
  • [4f168a4a31] - doc: require() tries first core not native modules (Vicente Jimenez Aguilar) #10324
  • [5777c79c52] - doc: clarify the review and landing process (Joyee Cheung) #10202
  • [d3a7fb8a9e] - doc: redirect 'Start a Working Group' to TSC repo (William Kapke) #9655
  • [0e51cbb827] - doc: add Working Group dissolution text (William Kapke) #9656
  • [919e0cb8f2] - doc: more efficient example in the console.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #10451
  • [70ea38f2ee] - doc: var -> const / let in the console.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #10451
  • [dda777bf9e] - doc: consistent 'Returns:' part two (Myles Borins) #10391
  • [3b252a69a0] - doc: clarify macosx-firewall suggestion BUILDING (Chase Starr) #10311
  • [c4df02c815] - doc: add Michaël Zasso to the CTC (Michaël Zasso)
  • [2269d7db0f] - (SEMVER-MINOR) fs: add the fs.mkdtemp() function. (Florian MARGAINE) #5333
  • [2eda3c7c75] - lib,test: use consistent operator linebreak style (Michaël Zasso) #10178
  • [7505b86d2f] - os: fix os.release() for aix and add test (jBarz) #10245
  • [7a9c8d8f10] - (SEMVER-MINOR) process: add process.cpuUsage() - implementation, doc, tests (Patrick Mueller) #10796
  • [23a573f7cb] - (SEMVER-MINOR) process: add process.memoryUsage.external (Fedor Indutny) #9587
  • [be6203715a] - src: describe what NODE_MODULE_VERSION is for (Sam Roberts) #10414
  • [3f29cbb5bc] - src: fix string format mistake for 32 bit node (Alex Newman) #10082
  • [271f5783fe] - stream, test: test _readableState.emittedReadable (Joyee Cheung) #10249
  • [c279cbe6a9] - test: fix test.py command line options processing (Julien Gilli) #11153
  • [0f5d82e583] - test: add --abort-on-timeout option to test.py (Julien Gilli) #11086
  • [735119c6fb] - test: cleanup stream tests (Italo A. Casas) #8668
  • [f9f8e4ee3e] - test: refactor test-preload (Rich Trott) #9803
  • [e7c4dfb83b] - test: invalid package.json causes error when require()ing in directory (Sam Shull) #10044
  • [22226fa900] - test: refactoring test-pipe-head (Travis Bretton) #10036
  • [11115c0d85] - test: add second argument to assert.throws() (Ken Russo) #9987
  • [96ca40bdd8] - test: refactor test-tls-0-dns-altname (Richard Karmazin) #9948
  • [98496b6d3e] - test: test: refactor test-sync-fileread (Jason Wohlgemuth) #9941
  • [324c82b1c9] - test: use common.fixturesDir almost everywhere (Bryan English) #6997
  • [ce91bb21ba] - test: refactor test-repl-mode.js (Cesar Hernandez) #10061
  • [61cbc202a1] - test: refactor test-net-dns-custom-lookup (Kent.Fan) #10071
  • [812c6361ff] - test: refactor test-tls-server-verify (Hutson Betts) #10076
  • [19907c27a6] - test: use mustCall() for simple flow tracking (cjihrig) #7753
  • [42da81e6cc] - test: set stdin too for pseudo-tty tests (Anna Henningsen) #10149
  • [53404dbc1f] - test: add stdin-setrawmode.out file (Jonathan Darling) #10149
  • [1fac431307] - test: add tests for clearBuffer state machine (Safia Abdalla) #9922
  • [37a362275e] - test: update test-cluster-shared-handle-bind-error (cjihrig) #10547
  • [f5e54f5d5f] - test: avoid assigning this to variables (cjihrig) #10548
  • [28a5ce10af] - test: improve test-http-allow-req-after-204-res (Adrian Estrada) #10503
  • [52edebc8f3] - test: improve test-fs-empty-readStream.js (Adrian Estrada) #10479
  • [b74bc517a6] - test: use strictEqual in test-http-server (Fabrice Tatieze) #10478
  • [a9cd1d1267] - test: refactor test-stream2-unpipe-drain (Chris Story) #10033
  • [7020e9fd8b] - test: add test for SIGWINCH handling by stdio.js (Sarah Meyer) #10063
  • [56b193a9c2] - test: improve code in test-vm-preserves-property (Adrian Estrada) #10428
  • [8a26ba142f] - test: fix flaky test-https-timeout (Rich Trott) #10404
  • [eeb2d7885a] - test: improve test-cluster-worker-constructor.js (Adrian Estrada) #10396
  • [fd195b47d6] - test: stream readable resumeScheduled state (Italo A. Casas) #10299
  • [135a7c9e19] - test: stream readable needReadable state (Joyee Cheung) #10241
  • [f412b1fcfd] - test: clean up domain-no-error-handler test (weyj4) #10291
  • [14c28ebcf1] - test: update test-domain-uncaught-exception.js (Andy Chen) #10193
  • [928291c652] - test: refactor test-domain.js (Siddhartha Sahai) #10207
  • [13c6cec433] - test: fail for missing output files (Anna Henningsen) #10150
  • [544920f77b] - test: stream readableState readingMore state (Gregory) #9868
  • [2f8bc9a7bc] - test: s/ASSERT/assert/ (cjihrig) #10544
  • [380a5d5e12] - test: fix flaky test-http-client-timeout-with-data (Rich Trott) #10431
  • [14e07c96e1] - test: refactor test-stdin-from-file (Rob Adelmann) #10331
  • [424c86139d] - test: refactor the code in test-fs-chmod (Adrian Estrada) #10440
  • [31aa877003] - test: improve the code in test-pipe.js (Adrian Estrada) #10452
  • [4bbd50ee07] - test: improve code in test-fs-readfile-error (Adrian Estrada) #10367
  • [9840f505f0] - test: improve code in test-vm-symbols (Adrian Estrada) #10429
  • [4efdbafeb3] - test: refactor test-child-process-ipc (malen) #9990
  • [dbfec29663] - test: fix and improve debug-break-on-uncaught (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) #10370
  • [80f4a37023] - test: refactor test-pipe-file-to-http (Josh Mays) #10054
  • [a983400ac2] - test: refactor test-tls-interleave (Brian Chirgwin) #10017
  • [6db76da2c8] - test: refactor test-cluster-send-handle-twice.js (Amar Zavery) #10049
  • [19b314e40a] - test: update test-tls-check-server-identity.js (Kevin Cox) #9986
  • [ab3e4c6a9b] - test: improve test-cluster-net-listen.js (Rico Cai) #9953
  • [fb9a0ad6c0] - test: refactor test-child-process-stdin (Segu Riluvan) #10420
  • [122917df5a] - test: change var declarations, add mustCall check (Daniel Sims) #9962
  • [d5e911c51e] - test: refactoring test-cluster-worker-constructor (Christopher Rokita) #9956
  • [7d61bbf647] - test: refactor test-stdin-script-child (Emanuel Buholzer) #10321
  • [76bb3cbff9] - test: refactor test-stream2-writable (Rich Trott) #10353
  • [b87ee26b96] - test: change assert.strict to assert.strictEqual() (Ashita Nagesh) #9988
  • [4514fd78f4] - test: refactor the code in test-http-keep-alive (Adrian Estrada) #10350
  • [f301df405a] - test: use strictEqual in test-cwd-enoent-repl.js (Neeraj Sharma) #9952
  • [3b67001c99] - test: refactor test-net-reconnect-error (Duy Le) #9903
  • [34861efff6] - test: add test-require-invalid-package (Duy Le) #9903
  • [90a79b3967] - test: refactor test-timers-this (Rich Trott) #10315
  • [5335b0a0d1] - test: refactor test-tls-ecdh-disable (Aaron Williams) #9989
  • [0f8a323546] - test: cleanup test-stdout-close-catch.js (Travis Bretton) #10006
  • [fc67a955e2] - test: use const/let and common.mustCall (Outsider) #9959
  • [2f44d7f367] - test: refactor test-crypto-random (Rich Trott) #10232
  • [730c3b29e8] - test: refactor test-fs-fsync (Rob Adelmann) #10176
  • [9c9d422433] - test: refactor test-http-after-connect.js (larissayvette) #10229
  • [827bbe7985] - test: refactor assert.equal, update syntax to ES6 (Prieto, Marcos)
  • [121b68a283] - test: refactor http pipelined socket test (Rich Trott) #10189
  • [7ca31e38fb] - test: fix alpn tests for openssl1.0.2h (Shigeki Ohtsu) #6550
  • [278d718a93] - test: refactor test-handle-wrap-close-abort (Rich Trott) #10188
  • [f12bab65b8] - test: stream readableListening internal state (Italo A. Casas) #9864
  • [210290dfba] - test: check for error on invalid signal (Matt Phillips) #10026
  • [4f5f0e4975] - test: refactor test-net-keepalive.js (Kyle Corsi) #9995
  • [cfa2b87b5d] - test,lib,benchmark: match function names (Rich Trott) #9113
  • [a67ada7d32] - tls: copy the Buffer object before using (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) #8055
  • [e750f142ce] - (SEMVER-MINOR) tls, crypto: add ALPN Support (Shigeki Ohtsu) #2564
  • [ef547f3325] - (SEMVER-MINOR) tls,crypto: move NPN protcol data to hidden value (Shigeki Ohtsu) #2564
  • [31434a1202] - tools: enforce consistent operator linebreak style (Michaël Zasso) #10178
  • [9f13b5f7d5] - tools: forbid template literals in assert.throws (Michaël Zasso) #10301
  • [c801de9814] - tools: add ESLint rule for assert.throws arguments (Michaël Zasso) #10089
  • [b5e18f207f] - tools: add macosx-firwall script to avoid popups (Daniel Bevenius) #10114
  • [30d60cf81c] - (SEMVER-MINOR) v8,src: expose statistics about heap spaces (Ben Ripkens) #4463
  • [9556ef3241] - vm: add error message if we abort (Franziska Hinkelmann) #8634
  • [fa11f4b1fc] - win,msi: add required UIRef for localized strings (Bill Ticehurst) #8884

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