2017-09-05, Version 6.11.3 'Boron' (LTS), @MylesBorins

This LTS release comes with 152 commits. This includes 75 which are test related,
25 which are doc related, 21 which are build / tool related and 3 commits which are updates to dependencies.

Notable Changes

• build:
  • Codesigning is fixed on macOS (Evan Lucas) #14179
• deps:
  • Snapshots are turned back on!!! (Yang Guo) #14385
• path:
  • win32 volume-relative paths are working again! (Timothy Gu) #14440
• tools:
  • v6.x can now build with ICU 59 (Steven R. Loomis) #12078

Commits

• [95be08e3d2] - benchmark: fix typo in inspect-proxy (Vse Mozhet Byt) #14237
• [dbb65203f1] - buffer: remove a wrongly added attribute specifier (Jiajie Hu) #14466
• [977fdce406] - build: codesign tarball binary on macOS (Evan Lucas) #14179
• [a04d4ea8d7] - build: clean up config_fips.gypi (Daniel Bevenius) #13837
• [c7025de6e2] - build: support dtrace on ARM (Bradley T. Hughes) #12193
• [efc0f64c17] - build: reduce one level of spawning in node_gyp (Refael Ackermann) #12653
• [1a7e872302] - build,tools: do not force codesign prefix (Evan Lucas) #14179
• [325813ea97] - build,win: fix python detection script (Jason Ginchereau) #14546
• [c2090a0634] - build,windows: restore DISTTYPEDIR (Refael Ackermann) #13969
• [2a1a93dcbf] - build,windows: implement PEP514 python detection (Refael Ackermann) #13900
• [2bc7c3a8dd] - child_process: fix handleless NODE_HANDLE handling (Santiago Gimeno) #13235
• [5900ebe9e4] - crypto: remove root_cert_store from node_crypto.h (Daniel Bevenius) #13194
• [987332abdf] - deps: cherry-pick 18ea996 from c-ares upstream (Anna Henningsen) #13883
• [7fed989deb] - deps: cherry-pick f5fad6d from upstream v8 (daniel.bevenius) #12826
• [67ce52c740] - deps: backport rehash strings after deserialization (Yang Guo) #14385
• [6518932466] - dns: fix resolve failed starts without network (XadillaX) #13076
• [438a6427e5] - doc: add gabrielschulhof to collaborators (Gabriel Schulhof) #14692
• [c013c545a4] - doc: update experimental status to reflect use (James M Snell) #12723
• [ad2431ce28] - doc: describe labelling process for backports (Anna Henningsen) #12431
• [013155d0b4] - doc: add XadillaX to collaborators (XadillaX) #14388
• [226ef71a1b] - doc: replace dead link in v8 module (Devin Boyer) #14372
• [8b69504e17] - doc: move LTS README link to increase prominence (Gibson Fahnestock) #14259
• [b0286acd52] - doc: update umask for clarity (James Sumners) #14170
• [49d3dee0c2] - doc: correct stream Duplex allowHalfOpen doc (Rich Trott) #14127
• [9599faae18] - doc: note 'resize' event conditions on Windows (Dean Coakley) #13576
• [8dbf827de3] - doc: fix mistake in http.md (Moogen Tian) #14126
• [a3cd733dea] - doc: fix indentation issues in sample code (Rich Trott) #13950
• [3b3d47c483] - doc: add CTC members to Collaborators list (Rich Trott) #13284
• [f1d91ce3d2] - doc: fix example in child_process.md (Ruslan Iusupov) #13716
• [db4fabae27] - doc: note that fs.futimes only works on AIX >7.1 (Gibson Fahnestock) #13659
• [7648cca3de] - doc: add @nodejs/documentation to CC table (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13952
• [b03430b4ec] - doc: add gireeshpunathil to collaborators (Gireesh Punathil) #13967
• [c34a7472d2] - doc: fix mistake in path.relative (Tobias Nießen) #13912
• [7142c92dd6] - doc: fixed formatting issue in cli docs (Chris Young) #13808
• [87906d25d4] - doc: add missing zlib link to stream API docs (Rob Wu) #13838
• [5ba65f2870] - doc: add entry for subprocess.killed property (Rich Trott) #14578
• [73c720dd9e] - doc: change child to subprocess (Rich Trott) #14578
• [7f6f1c2ddc] - doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs (Natanael Log) #14027
• [d6ab8e2f43] - doc,stream: _transform happens one at a time (Matteo Collina) #14321
• [c307f03b2b] - doc,test: fs - reserved characters under win32 (XadillaX) #13875
• [1d5ba9c8e9] - docs: add note about fs.rmdir() (Oleksandr Kushchak) #14323
• [f8b60e40a4] - gyp: implement LD/LDXX for ninja and FIPS (Sam Roberts)
• [963ea0e99b] - lib: update indentation of ternaries (Rich Trott) #14247
• [0cacd6c89e] - lib: normalize indentation in parentheses (Rich Trott) #14125
• [4dabeeecdd] - lib: remove excess indentation (Rich Trott) #14090
• [f20ed49b5e] - lib: use consistent indentation for ternaries (Rich Trott) #14078
• [81edf592ae] - lib: fix typos (Ruben Bridgewater) #14044
• [39f62403c7] - linkedlist: correct grammar in comments (alexbostock) #14546
• [e82a9144ed] - path: remove unnecessary string copies (Tobias Nießen) #14438
• [eefd32264e] - path: fix win32 volume-relative paths (Timothy Gu) #14440
• [fe6735cc19] - src: use existing strings over creating new ones (Anna Henningsen) #14587
• [4d3b76d2be] - src: remove GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_ASSERT_EQ in util.h (Daniel Bevenius) #12638
• [51364b746f] - src: move crypto_bio/clienthello to crypto ns (Daniel Bevenius) #13957
• [35f911152a] - src: add missing new line to printed message (Timothy Gu) #13940
• [135e1e3b0b] - src: merge fn_name in NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD (XadillaX) #13547
• [403c45fcc9] - src: only call FatalException if not verbose (Daniel Bevenius) #12826
• [547e74bb22] - src: use option parser for expose_internals (Sam Roberts) #12245
• [f9e427945b] - src: supply missing comments for CLI options (Sam Roberts) #12245
• [9ca67e0147] - src: make root_cert_vector function scoped (Daniel Bevenius) #12788
• [2ce80d97e9] - test: refactor test-domain-abort-on-uncaught (Rich Trott) #14541
• [4b9de44022] - test: refactor test-vm-new-script-new-context (Rich Trott) #14536
• [e5375a97e0] - test: add check on an addon that does not register (Ezequiel Garcia) #13954
• [1a88c3e5f6] - test: improve error logging for inspector test (Rich Trott) #14508
• [95a95cced3] - test: fix flaky test-force-repl (Rich Trott) #14439
• [6fd3dd20c0] - test: replace concatenation with template literal (rockcoder23) #14270
• [3ba55d8c47] - test: replace concatenation with template literal (Ching Hsu) #14284
• [7f7a0709be] - test: replace concatenation with template literals (Zongmin Lei) #14298
• [11ed4c2823] - test: replace string concatenation with template (ziyun) #14286
• [bbd1c791f5] - test: use path.join for long path concatenation (zzz) #14280
• [c4f21b37a1] - test: replace concatenation with template literals (SkyAo) #14296
• [d7afa17939] - test: fix error handling test-http-full-response (Rich Trott) #14252
• [7a8eddf015] - test: use regex error check in test-crypto-random (Zhang Weijie) #14273
• [3047cf1b48] - test: check error with regex in test-signal-safety (shaman) #14285
• [bbe328830f] - test: use regex error checks in test-util-format (Superwoods) #14299
• [a696e2ecae] - test: use template literal for string concat (tobewhatwewant) #14288
• [77506e48b0] - test: simplify string concatenation (jiangplus) #14278
• [b9b343c412] - test: use regexp to confir error message (Bang Wu) #14268
• [94ff5918b6] - test: use regluar expression in vm test (akira.xue) #14266
• [8b945e7649] - test: use regular expression to match error msg (Flandre) #14265
• [a168361eb9] - test: check complete error message (Fraser Xu) #14264
• [1e403902ba] - test: fix flaky test-net-can-reset-timeout (Rich Trott) #14257
• [688e5ed6fd] - test: remove common.noop (Rich Trott) #12822
• [40a61e1399] - test: add get/set effective uid/gid tests (Evan Lucas) #14091
• [1633f8b243] - test: simplify test skipping (Vse Mozhet Byt) #14021
• [b7b38bdbaf] - test: adjust indentation for stricter linting (Rich Trott) #14431
• [46e4a026b6] - test: skip test-fs-readdir-ucs2 if no support (Rich Trott) #14029
• [49632287d1] - test: fix flaky http(s)-set-server-timeout tests (Rich Trott) #14380
• [ae7eeff489] - test: fix flaky test-https-set-timeout-server (Rich Trott) #14134
• [c5c65c8ce9] - test: fix require nits in some test-tls-* tests (Vse Mozhet Byt) #14008
• [346f199e28] - test: refactor test-http(s)-set-timeout-server (Alexey Orlenko) #13935
• [ac851c482c] - test: refactor test-http-invalidheaderfield (Rich Trott) #13996
• [49e786628f] - test: replace indexOf with includes and startsWith (Nataly Shrits) #13852
• [2eb926b487] - test: remove undef NDEBUG from at-exit addons test (Daniel Bevenius) #13998
• [0bcbcca21c] - test: refactor test-fs-watchfile (Rich Trott) #13721
• [bd8574ccee] - test: refactor test-child-process-send-type-error (Rich Trott) #13904
• [74945dd18a] - test: refactor test-cluster-basic (Rich Trott) #13905
• [dc3d29519d] - test: remove unneeded HandleScope usage (Ezequiel Garcia) #13859
• [beca25ab9e] - test: skip fips tests using OpenSSL config file (Daniel Bevenius) #13786
• [d3c85a4806] - test: refactor test-tls-invoked-queued (Rich Trott) #13893
• [676a94e44d] - test: refactor test-tls-env-extra-ca (Rich Trott) #13886
• [fd6bbc098e] - test: make http(s)-set-timeout-server more similar (Julien Klepatch) #13822
• [8ba784383c] - test: remove require('buffer') from 4 test files (XadillaX) #13844
• [cd962e6de3] - test: remove unnecessary require('buffer').Buffer (lena) #13851
• [fff0b83f1b] - test: remove require('buffer') from 4 test files (Zongmin Lei) #13846
• [6d02bf40d0] - test: remove require('buffer') from 4 buffer tests (OriLev) #13855
• [0abc82db50] - test: remove require('buffer') on 6 fs test files (sallen450) #13845
• [1fb19ac0c5] - test: remove unnecessary Buffer import (Steven Winston) #13860
• [5a9d7b3bf5] - test: use string instead of RegExp in split() (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13710
• [6731d1b067] - test: remove needless RegExp flags (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13690
• [842b84c4e7] - test: refactor test-http-set-timeout-server (Rich Trott) #13802
• [389f29406a] - test: make test-http(s)-set-timeout-server alike (jklepatch) #13625
• [5e9b2030b9] - test: use mustNotCall() in test-fs-watch (Rich Trott) #13595
• [9356e9667d] - test: add mustCall() to child-process test (Rich Trott) #13605
• [406b3c0371] - test: use mustNotCall in test-http-eof-on-connect (Rich Trott) #13587
• [2f19dcddaa] - test: refactor test-fs-read-* (Rich Trott) #13501
• [3bdf7bf9e9] - test: refactor domain tests (Rich Trott) #13480
• [543d2de700] - test: check callback not invoked on lookup error (Rich Trott) #13456
• [91fb0cb6b0] - test: refactor test-dgram-oob-buffer (Rich Trott) #13443
• [08f7cca3b3] - test: add documentation for common.mustNotCall() (Rich Trott) #13359
• [55c96cf8a8] - test: refactor test-net-server-bind (Rich Trott) #13273
• [371b648d1b] - test: use mustCall() in test-readline-interface (Rich Trott) #13259
• [3808e3701c] - test: use mustNotCall() in test-stream2-objects (Rich Trott) #13249
• [b793fc6cf6] - test: replace indexOf with includes (Aditya Anand) #13215
• [b7c7112d7b] - test: move stream2 test from pummel to parallel (Rich Trott) #13146
• [7a5248d172] - test: simplify assert usage in test-stream2-basic (Rich Trott) #13146
• [e15e2e7a30] - test: check noop function invocations (Rich Trott) #13146
• [4a3e089984] - test: confirm callback is invoked in fs test (Rich Trott) #13132
• [8b161e0a78] - test: check number of message events (Rich Trott) #13125
• [c2a0a936e1] - test: increase coverage for path.parse (Tobias Nießen) #14438
• [202bfcc1c0] - test: mark test-fs-read-buffer-to-string-fail as flaky (jeyanthinath) #14495
• [a1cef1fc8f] - test: harden test-dgram-bind-shared-ports (Refael Ackermann) #13100
• [f578c9bbb6] - test: add mustCallAtLeast (Refael Ackermann) #12935
• [a7b94500f2] - test: add common.noop, default for common.mustCall() (James M Snell) #12027
• [f3c0b8cd6e] - test,fs: delay unlink in test-regress-GH-4027.js (Jaime Bernardo) #14010
• [e8438c1b22] - timers: do not use user object call/apply (Rich Trott) #12960
• [31f572c3ea] - tools: update to ESLint 4.3.0 (Rich Trott) #14417
• [7d851e3b6a] - tools: update package.json engine field (AJ Jordan) #14165
• [c5adb5f008] - tools: update ESLint to 4.2.0 (Rich Trott) #14155
• [2af21650d6] - tools: generate template literal for addon tests (Rich Trott) #14094
• [62de339327] - tools: remove legacy indentation linting (Rich Trott) #14515
• [8b7c4fc06f] - tools: remove align-multiline-assignment lint rule (Rich Trott) #14079
• [509205fddd] - tools: update to ESLint 4.1.1 (Rich Trott) #13946
• [8f664e52d9] - tools: add script to update ESLint (Rich Trott) #13895
• [d34bc78fd4] - tools: update to ESLint 4.1.0 (Rich Trott) #13895
• [01d82d843b] - tools: use no-use-before-define ESLint rule (Vse Mozhet Byt) #14032
• [70901b271c] - tools: remove comment in eslint rule (Daniel Bevenius) #13945
• [74d5cba007] - tools: add missing #include "unicode/putil.h" (Steven R. Loomis) #12078
• [7bb200f624] - tools: add rule prefering common.mustNotCall() (James M Snell) #12027
• [d5bf1379b5] - v8: fix RegExp nits in v8_prof_polyfill.js (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13709
• [9e2d85e441] - v8: handle proxy objects in MakeMirror(), v2 (Ben Noordhuis) #14343
• [bccd2f59b0] - v8: handle proxy objects in MakeMirror(), v1 (Ben Noordhuis) #14343
• [e79c054f76] - zlib: fix crash when initializing failed (Anna Henningsen) #14666