Node v6.12.0 (LTS)

Myles Borins

Notable Changes

• assert:
  • assert.fail() can now take one or two arguments (Rich Trott) #12293
• crypto:
  • add sign/verify support for RSASSA-PSS (Tobias Nießen) #11705
• deps:
  • upgrade openssl sources to 1.0.2m (Shigeki Ohtsu) #16691
  • upgrade libuv to 1.15.0 (cjihrig) #15745
  • upgrade libuv to 1.14.1 (cjihrig) #14866
  • upgrade libuv to 1.13.1 (cjihrig) #14117
  • upgrade libuv to 1.12.0 (cjihrig) #13306
• fs:
  • Add support for fs.write/fs.writeSync(fd, buffer, cb) and fs.write/fs.writeSync(fd, buffer, offset, cb) as documented (Andreas Lind) #7856
• inspector:
  • enable --inspect-brk (Refael Ackermann) #12615
• process:
  • add --redirect-warnings command line argument (James M Snell) #10116
• src:
  • allow CLI args in env with NODE_OPTIONS (Sam Roberts) #12028
  • --abort-on-uncaught-exception in NODE_OPTIONS (Sam Roberts) #13932
  • allow --tls-cipher-list in NODE_OPTIONS (Sam Roberts) #13172
  • use SafeGetenv() for NODE_REDIRECT_WARNINGS (Sam Roberts) #12677
• test:
  • remove common.fail() (Rich Trott) #12293

Commits

• [4917d8cfef] - (SEMVER-MINOR) assert: improve assert.fail() API (Rich Trott) #12293
• [5522bdf825] - benchmark: use smaller n value in some http tests (Peter Marshall) #14002
• [252d08ab77] - build: use generic names for linting tasks (Nikolai Vavilov) #15272
• [78dc92860f] - build: fix shared installing target (Yorkie Liu) #15148
• [6c9a9ff25c] - build: don't fail make test on source tarballs (Gibson Fahnestock) #15441
• [af63b38142] - crypto: use X509V3_EXT_d2i (David Benjamin) #15348
• [6b0812860d] - crypto: use SSL_SESSION_get_id (David Benjamin) #15348
• [46695703b6] - crypto: only try to set FIPS mode if different (Gibson Fahnestock) #12210
• [10a70353b2] - crypto: fix Node_SignFinal (David Benjamin) #15024
• [a7d4cade46] - (SEMVER-MINOR) crypto: add sign/verify support for RSASSA-PSS (Tobias Nießen) #11705
• [b98fa82de6] - deps: cherry-pick e7f4e9e from upstream libuv (Bartosz Sosnowski) #16724
• [748d3e5d04] - deps: update openssl asm and asm_obsolete files (Shigeki Ohtsu) #16691
• [5da4ceba86] - deps: add -no_rand_screen to openssl s_client (Shigeki Ohtsu) nodejs/io.js#1836
• [ef57db81ac] - deps: fix asm build error of openssl in x86_win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) iojs/io.js#1389
• [7b93a2fd63] - deps: fix openssl assembly error on ia32 win32 (Fedor Indutny) iojs/io.js#1389
• [265d948b30] - deps: copy all openssl header files to include dir (Shigeki Ohtsu) #16691
• [8386ce7645] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to 1.0.2m (Shigeki Ohtsu) #16691
• [02e4303c13] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: upgrade libuv to 1.15.0 (cjihrig) #15745
• [f22132e8f7] - deps: v8: fix potential segfault in profiler (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) #15498
• [08d683053f] - deps: upgrade libuv to 1.14.1 (cjihrig) #14866
• [a38755d0a4] - deps: upgrade libuv to 1.13.1 (cjihrig) #14117
• [3265840504] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: upgrade libuv to 1.12.0 (cjihrig) #13306
• [2d3e735783] - deps: V8: backport e560815 from upstream (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) #16133
• [a776639987] - doc: add 9.x to version picker and mark 8.x as LTS (Chris Young) #16672
• [0f3901a905] - doc: standardize function param/object prop style (Gibson Fahnestock) #13769
• [b0fadbe54f] - doc: fix typo in zlib.md (Luigi Pinca) #16480
• [37b93724ff] - doc: fix types and description for dns.resolveTxt (Tobias Nießen) #15472
• [6e06d0e1b5] - doc: add callback function signatures in fs.md (Matej Krajčovič) #13424
• [f1eda4a391] - doc: fix external links with 404 status (Vse Mozhet Byt) #15463
• [c64603fbb5] - doc: add kfarnung to collaborators (Kyle Farnung) #16108
• [da160cfda0] - doc: mention collaboration summit in onboarding.md (Joyee Cheung) #16079
• [699cfa1ee0] - doc: fix macosx-firewall suggestion BUILDING (suraiyah) #15829
• [547217346c] - doc: add clearer setup description (Emily Platzer) #15962
• [291b9c55cb] - doc: update style guide for markdown extension (Rich Trott) #15786
• [eaec35db9f] - doc: fix incorrect vm.createContext usage (tshemsedinov) #16059
• [ddee71afff] - doc: fix typo in tls.md (kohta ito) #15738
• [62ea82b73e] - doc: add 'git clean -xfd' to backport guide (Lance Ball) #15715
• [6d41c850b2] - doc: alphabetize TSC Emeriti in README.md (Rich Trott) #15722
• [6b1ce97196] - doc: fix dead link in doc/releases.md (Luigi Pinca) #15733
• [e865fcbb07] - doc: edit COLLABORATORS_GUIDE.md for readability (Rich Trott) #15629
• [af1863218c] - doc: fix links in some intra-repository docs (Vse Mozhet Byt) #15675
• [926b46c138] - doc: update libuv license (Timothy Gu) #15649
• [f29f20f3f9] - doc: add bmeurer to collaborators (Benedikt Meurer) #15677
• [eefa0a2dcc] - doc: retire bnoordhuis from the TSC (Ben Noordhuis) #15626
• [b622a516e2] - doc: ctc -> tsc in collab guide (Bryan English) #15590
• [377f7b9e9e] - doc: fix 'aborted' event documentation (Luigi Pinca) #15471
• [ccdc194350] - doc: fix some internal links (Vse Mozhet Byt) #15293
• [713f239900] - doc: adding sebdeckers to collaborators (Sebastiaan Deckers) #15354
• [21dec5573a] - doc: update AUTHORS list (Michaël Zasso) #15181
• [988eec3a93] - doc: update README with SHASUMS256.txt.sig info (Jon Moss) #15107
• [0b2d5486c6] - doc: fix "added in" for Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow() (Tuan Anh Tran) #15330
• [ae111c266c] - doc: use consistent terminology in process doc (Rich Trott) #15321
• [ab014d4056] - doc: make mkdtemp example work on Windows (Bartosz Sosnowski) #15408
• [a0b38054d9] - doc: make socket IPC examples more robust (cjihrig) #13196
• [9ec87dcb0f] - doc: fix the description of 'close' event (Myles Borins) #15800
• [323edfa42d] - docs: clarify usage cli options -e,-p on windows (Łukasz Szewczak) #15568
• [1de04908f3] - (SEMVER-MINOR) fs: Fix default params for fs.write(Sync) (Andreas Lind) #7856
• [3ac769091c] - (SEMVER-MINOR) gitignore: add libuv book and GitHub template (cjihrig) #13306
• [e31ab7c1ed] - (SEMVER-MINOR) inspector: enable --inspect-brk (Refael Ackermann) #12615
• [880fba9c56] - openssl: fix keypress requirement in apps on win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) iojs/io.js#1389
• [d1bf8cee63] - path: fix normalize paths ending with two dots (Michaël Zasso) nodejs-private/node-private#94
• [f87a62699b] - path: fix normalize on directories with two dots (Michaël Zasso) #14107
• [16802c0b64] - (SEMVER-MINOR) process: add --redirect-warnings command line argument (James M Snell) #10116
• [02b46847c6] - repl: force editorMode in .load (Lance Ball) #14861
• [cdba9890a1] - src: replace manual memory mgmt with std::string (Ben Noordhuis) #15782
• [931addba0b] - src: fix ^ in stack trace with vm's columnOffset (Timothy Gu) #15771
• [81236d95f8] - src: correct typo in trace_event header (Daniel Bevenius) #15583
• [0b5798b3c3] - src: remove outdated todo from node_crypto.cc (Bartek Szczepański) #15104
• [cccf5a6edf] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: --abort-on-uncaught-exception in NODE_OPTIONS (Sam Roberts) #13932
• [16f8f9b03f] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: allow --tls-cipher-list in NODE_OPTIONS (Sam Roberts) #13172
• [12b66e60d7] - src: whitelist new options for NODE_OPTIONS (Sam Roberts) #13002
• [dd6ea89217] - src: allow CLI args in env with NODE_OPTIONS (Sam Roberts) #12028
• [8f4214836e] - src: use a std::vector for preload_modules (Sam Roberts) #12241
• [68f698c05a] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: use SafeGetenv() for NODE_REDIRECT_WARNINGS (Sam Roberts) #12677
• [b166837551] - src,etw: fix event 9 on 64 bit Windows (João Reis) #15563
• [18987794bd] - test: move test-cluster-debug-port to sequential (Oleksandr Kushchak) #16292
• [1fdbaed2f2] - test: begin normalizing fixtures use (James M Snell) #14332
• [3ad6a9dfc4] - test: remove assert message (Joe Henry)
• [58509ec471] - test: clarify assert messages in crypto tests (cpandrews8) #16019
• [ab7f43aa41] - test: include expected result in error messages (Chowdhurian) #16039
• [342ac9f0c6] - test: cleanup test-buffer-sharedarraybuffer (Rafal Leszczynski) #15896
• [6eb88a4216] - test: updated error message (Emily Platzer) #15906
• [40a98d6e7b] - test: assert.strictEqual using template literals (jmcgui05) #15944
• [cd57d2d92a] - test: replace error msg w/ template literal (Sushil Tailor) #15910
• [bce1f3810e] - test: add NODE_UNIQUE_ID value to err message (Daniele Lisi) #15914
• [4243903278] - test: replace string concatenation with template (Rob Paton) #15915
• [f831744464] - test: improve asset msg in test (Gene Wu) #15918
• [d0bd56d509] - test: remove message from asserts (Justin Lee) #15920
• [23e66edcbe] - test: improve an error message (Pavel Pomerantsev) #15921
• [ad69a65b5f] - test: replaced literals in errors with templates (Paul Milham) #15911
• [16907461fe] - test: display better error message for assertion (Russell Dempsey) #15883
• [4a664cea7d] - test: changed buffer-zero output (heeeunkimmm) #15926
• [f8bc5ab262] - test: remove literal error messages (Faisal Yaqoob) #15928
• [1c1312e239] - test: changes to use template literal (joanne-jjb) #15937
• [fcab2c5ed2] - test: removed string from assert message arg (dpaulino) #15954
• [f954536fc3] - test: replace literal with template string (Brant Barger) #15957
• [a93d3eb79d] - test: improve assert messages (Eric Pemberton) #15972
• [f9cb428cef] - test: replacing assert message with template (Barry Tam) #15974
• [36747eeb62] - test: alter assert.strictEqual to default message (Luke Greenleaf) #15978
• [968cc44bd0] - test: remove messages in assert.strictEqual (Saeed H) #16014
• [83a251336c] - test: skip test if host is too slow (Rich Trott) #15688
• [e3ea2a455b] - test: check that this != new.target in addon (Ben Noordhuis) #15681
• [1483ebdc2c] - test: improve readline test coverage for tty (Claudio Rodriguez) #12064
• [96a64af7a6] - test: use reserved invalid hostname for tests (icarter09) #14781
• [514ef7452c] - test: make test-http-agent-maxsockets robust (Rich Trott) #15192
• [c4b06b279d] - test: remove random timer in test-tls-fast-writing (Rich Trott) #15138
• [9cebe8296a] - test: check inspect array with empty string key (Rahul Mishra) #15258
• [6fe61d6d9c] - test: remove invalid test (Rich Trott) #15320
• [48943e92d7] - test: allow adding known-globals through ENV (Refael Ackermann) #15187
• [5c99fc3fb3] - test: backward compatible api for tty (Gergely Nemeth) #15235
• [06ee10e523] - test: split path tests into multiple files (Michaël Zasso) #15093
• [4030c7e077] - test: update windows module load error message (cjihrig) #14950
• [d25dc797f4] - test: skipIfInspectorDisabled cluster-inspect-brk (Daniel Bevenius) #12757
• [7b9710d0df] - test: add inspect-brk option to cluster module (dave-k) #12503
• [c9d440e8bd] - test: change == to === in crypto test (Fabio Campinho) #12405
• [dd946c3c2a] - test: add hasCrypto check to test-cli-node-options (Daniel Bevenius) #12692
• [ba830f0352] - test: chdir before running test-cli-node-options (Daniel Bevenius) #12660
• [d8f56371a9] - test: add cwd ENOENT known issue test (cjihrig) #12343
• [1091b86290] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test: remove common.fail() (Rich Trott) #12293
• [e0c4f0b85a] - test,process: run 'abort' suite on Windows (Refael Ackermann) #15056
• [f49feab35f] - timers: clarify lib/timer.js comment (Daniel Bevenius) #11018
• [2409db6c99] - tools: replace concatenation with string templates (Ethan Arrowood) #15858
• [15ae5a44cf] - tools: replace concat with template literals (Minya Liang) #16046
• [705202d410] - tools: use template literals (Sarah Meyer) #15956
• [44cc39d278] - (SEMVER-MINOR) tools: remove assert.fail() lint rule (Rich Trott) #12293
• [88b9572d76] - tty: require readline at top of file (Bryan English) #15647
• [27af0bb446] - url: change variable name to be more descriptive (Yang-Kichang) #15551

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