V4.7.1 proposal

2016-01-03, Version 4.7.1 'Argon' (LTS), @thealphanerd

This LTS release comes with 180 commits. This includes 117 which are test related, 34 which are doc related, 15 which are build / tool related, and 1 commit which is an update to dependencies.

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Commits

• [c5f82b8421] - assert: fix deepEqual/deepStrictEqual on equivalent typed arrays (Feross Aboukhadijeh) #8002
• [60883de30f] - async_wrap: call destroy() callback in uv_idle_t (Trevor Norris)
• [28dbc460c6] - async_wrap: make Initialize a static class member (Trevor Norris)
• [bb05cd13db] - async_wrap: mode constructor/destructor to .cc (Trevor Norris)
• [b1075f6193] - benchmark: split timers benchmark and refactor (Rich Trott) #9497
• [7b4268b889] - benchmark,lib,test,tools: remove unneeded . escape (Rich Trott) #9449
• [54f2ce8ea0] - build: prioritise --shared-X-Y over pkg-config (Rod Vagg) #9368
• [61d377ddcd] - build: Make configure file parseable on python3 (kalrover) #9657
• [38e0f95d24] - build: add MAKEFLAGS="-j1" to node-gyp (Daniel Bevenius) #9450
• [d1b6407395] - build: make node-gyp output silent (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) #8990
• [ae2eff2997] - build: start comments at beginning of line (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) #9375
• [6f1f955b33] - build: default to ppc64 on AIX (Gibson Fahnestock) #9645
• [f8d4577762] - build: Add option to compile for coverage reports (Wayne Andrews) #9463
• [f2b00985f0] - build: add shared library support to AIX build (Stewart Addison) #9675
• [e2c5f41ddf] - crypto: use SSL_get_servername. (Adam Langley) #9347
• [724910a991] - debugger: refactor _debugger.js (Rich Trott) #9860
• [52f14931a2] - deps: backport GYP fix to fix AIX shared suffix (Stewart Addison) #9675
• [c77ba8ce14] - doc: consistent 'Returns:' (Roman Reiss) #9554
• [aecb2cac37] - doc: adding missing - in README (Italo A. Casas) #10170
• [52c022992e] - doc: removing extra space in README (Italo A. Casas) #10168
• [e8c57bbe77] - doc: add people to cc for async_wrap (Anna Henningsen) #9471
• [b5eae4463c] - doc: add link to net.Server in tls.md (Devon Rifkin) #10109
• [ad841a29d1] - doc: clarify fs.createReadStream options (Wes Tyler) #10078
• [338014ef24] - doc: rename writing_tests.md to writing-tests.md (Safia Abdalla) #9867
• [b06b2343bc] - doc: it’s -> its in api/child_process.md (Devon Rifkin) #10090
• [4885573080] - doc: update Collaborators list in README (Rich Trott) #9846
• [3105becb2c] - doc: remove minor contradiction in debugger doc (Rich Trott) #9832
• [a858e98921] - doc: clarify introductory module material (Rich Trott) #9816
• [18c38819fe] - doc: improve description of module exports (Sam Roberts) #9622
• [9e68b8d329] - doc: fix crypto Verify cut-n-paste from Sign (子丶言) #9796
• [fd1a48c9c9] - doc: minor fixes event-loop-timers-and-nexttick.md (Dan Koster) #9126
• [107735a6e1] - doc: changed order of invocations in https.request() example. (atrioom) #9614
• [eb5972fe9b] - doc: fix crypto "decipher.setAAD()" typo (子丶言) #9782
• [dc4c348ea3] - doc: fix typo in assert code example (Vse Mozhet Byt) #9704
• [16e97ab6c6] - doc: fix typo in BUILDING.md (monkick) #9569
• [4f2e25441e] - doc: remove backtick escaping for manpage refs (Anna Henningsen) #9632
• [c0d44dfcc7] - doc: remove invalid padding from privateEncrypt (JungMinu) #9611
• [0f523583c3] - doc: remove Sam Roberts from release team (Sam Roberts) #9862
• [4eeac8eb8c] - doc: add guide for maintaining V8 (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) #9777
• [34405ddb83] - doc: move TSC and CTC meeting minutes out of core repo (James M Snell) #9503
• [198463a0ff] - doc: fix a typo in the assert.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #9598
• [aca0ede0d3] - doc: fix typo e.g., => e.g. (Daijiro Yamada) #9563
• [c7997939f2] - doc: fix typo about cluster doc, (eg. -> e.g.) (YutamaKotaro) #9568
• [229fa6921f] - doc: fix e.g., to e.g. in doc/http.md (ikasumi_wt) #9564
• [3ad7430f12] - doc: fix the index order in pseudocode of modules (kohta ito) #9562
• [06732babd3] - doc: remove Roadmap Working Group (William Kapke) #9545
• [6775163a94] - doc: fix minor style issue in code examples (Daniel Bevenius) #9482
• [aa25c74fe6] - doc: grammar and structure revisions of wg doc (Ryan Lewis) #9495
• [1e06ed7e9d] - doc: clarify the exit code part of writing_tests (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #9502
• [3f39a39657] - doc: Fix inaccuracy in https.request docs (Andreas Lind) #9453
• [8380154e22] - doc: add npm link to README (Oscar Morrison) #7894
• [65e134ff12] - meta: whitelist dotfiles in .gitignore (Claudio Rodriguez) #8016
• [698bf2e829] - repl: don't override all internal repl defaults (cjihrig) #7826
• [3d45b35f73] - repl: refactor lib/repl.js (Rich Trott) #9374
• [f5b952b221] - test: refactor and fix test-dns (Michaël Zasso) #9811
• [8b733dca05] - test: refactor test-crypto-binary-default (Michaël Zasso) #9810
• [45af7857d7] - test: refactor and fix test-crypto (Michaël Zasso) #9807
• [e0c8aafad8] - test: fix test-buffer-slow (Michaël Zasso) #9809
• [e72dfce2c8] - test: added validation regex argument to test (Avery, Frank) #9918
• [a779e7ffec] - test: clean up repl-reset-event file (Kailean Courtney) #9931
• [4022579b6e] - test: improve domain-top-level-error-handler-throw (CodeVana) #9950
• [d3edaa3dc3] - test: replace var with const in test-require-dot (Amar Zavery) #9916
• [8694811ef0] - test: refactor test-net-pingpong (Michaël Zasso) #9812
• [e849dd0ff3] - test: Use strictEqual in test-tls-writewrap-leak (Aaron Petcoff) #9666
• [0662429268] - test: fix test-tls-connect-address-family (mkamakura) #9573
• [420e7f17d9] - test: fix test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars (Yosuke Saito) #9572
• [13cace140f] - test: fix helper-debugger-repl.js (Rich Trott) #9486
• [aebbc965f9] - test: refactor large event emitter tests (cjihrig) #6446
• [b5012f3de2] - test: add expectWarning to common (Michaël Zasso) #8662
• [b98813d97c] - test: refactor test-fs-non-number-arguments-throw (Michaël Zasso) #9844
• [80a752708a] - test: refactor test-dgram-exclusive-implicit-bind (Cesar Hernandez) #10066
• [9b974b4d54] - test: use assert.strictEqual (anoff) #9975
• [bc125bd729] - test: change assert.equal to assert.strictEqual (Aileen) #9946
• [5049a10278] - test: changed assert.equal to assert.strictEqual (vazina robertson) #10015
• [b5c60edeed] - test: renamed assert.Equal to assert.strictEqual (Jared Young)
• [f44e828a36] - test: improves test-tls-client-verify (Paul Graham) #10051
• [a1e3967f69] - test: refactor test-https-agent-session-reuse (Diego Paez) #10105
• [9e46af6412] - test: refactor test-beforeexit-event (Rob Adelmann) #10121
• [adcd6ea66f] - test: refactor test-domain-from-timer (Daniel Sims) #9889
• [1377ea87eb] - test: refactor test-domain-exit-dispose-again (Ethan Arrowood) #10003
• [8a9af6843d] - test: use const and strictEqual in test-os-homedir-no-envvar (CodeVana) #9899
• [ee038c0e71] - test: refactor test-dgram-bind-default-address (Michael-Bryant Choa) #9947
• [a090899e93] - test: assert.throws() should include a RegExp (Chris Bystrek) #9976
• [542b40f410] - test: refactor test-event-emitter-method-names (Rodrigo Palma) #10027
• [a2023a9d97] - test: refactor tls-ticket-cluster (Yojan Shrestha) #10023
• [a64f40680f] - test: refactor test-domain-exit-dispose (Chris Henney) #9938
• [a896d4ed36] - test: refactor test-stdin-from-file.js (amrios) #10012
• [ce14c1e51f] - test: refactor test-require-extensions-main (Daryl Thayil) #9912
• [b9c45026f7] - test: clean up tls junk test (Danny Guo) #9940
• [e3712334a3] - test: update test-stdout-to-file (scalkpdev) #9939
• [63f571e69c] - test: changed assert.Equal to asset.strictEqual (Paul Chin) #9973
• [c3a3480606] - test: refactor test-domain-multi (Wes Tyler) #9963
• [ad27555ff8] - test: use assert.strictEqual in test-cli-eval (Nigel Kibodeaux) #9919
• [cffd51e815] - test: refactor test-tls-connect-simple (Russell Sherman) #9934
• [1424c25f3e] - test: refactor test-signal-unregister (mark hughes) #9920
• [920737180f] - test: refactor test-require-resolve (blugavere) #10120
• [71ab88cc80] - test: refactor test-fs-read-stream-resume (Matt Webb) #9927
• [6a485da87c] - test: replace equal with strictEqual (Tracy Hinds) #10011
• [b5d87569e1] - test: use strictEqual instead of equal (Uttam Pawar) #9921
• [c94c2fde8a] - test: using const and strictEqual (Fabrice Tatieze) #9926
• [16164b5b44] - test: test-file-write-stream3.js refactor (Richard Karmazin) #10035
• [7391983729] - test: implemented es6 conventions (Erez Weiss) #9669
• [50ce3f91d7] - test: update assert.equal() to assert.strictEqual() (Peter Diaz) #10024
• [3f9d75c481] - test: use const or let and assert.strictEqual (Christopher Rokita) #10001
• [98afba5676] - test: use strictEqual() domain-http (cdnadmin) #9996
• [07680b65fe] - test: refactor test-cluster-worker-events (fmizzell) #9994
• [a3db54416f] - test: update repl tests (makenova) #9991
• [db3cdd2449] - test: adding strictEqual to test-buffer-indexof.js (Eric Gonzalez) #9955
• [f670b05603] - test: strictEqual in test-beforeexit-event.js (CodeTheInternet) #10004
• [70b4d7d3a2] - test: refactor test-child-process-double-pipe (Dan Villa) #9930
• [1e53cf4764] - test: updated test-stream-pipe-unpipe-stream (Raja Panidepu) #10100
• [57d48ac3f4] - test: refactor test-crypto-ecb (michael6) #10029
• [89feb8dc4d] - test: refactor test-require-exceptions (Oscar Martinez) #9882
• [59f259c487] - test: refactor test-crypto-certificate (Josh Mays) #9911
• [815715d850] - test: refactor test-domain (Johnny Reading) #9890
• [08cc269338] - test: refactor test-cli-syntax (Exlipse7) #10057
• [91d27ce4db] - test: refactor test-child-process-constructor (k3kathy) #10060
• [ae9e2a21c1] - test: var to const, assert.equal to assert.strictEqual in net (Sean Villars) #9907
• [30c9474286] - test: changed vars to const in test-net-better-error-messages-listen-path.js (anoff) #9905
• [bcbf50d9ba] - test: refactor test-http-dns-error (Outsider) #10062
• [00f08640ce] - test: assert.equal -> assert.strictEqual (davidmarkclements) #10065
• [d9cca393e9] - test: assert.equal -> assert.strictEqual (davidmarkclements) #10067
• [6c64f6c445] - test: improve test for crypto padding (Julian Duque) #9906
• [37d734ae36] - test: polish test-net-better-error-messages-listen (Hitesh Kanwathirtha) #10087
• [f126b44a3a] - test: change var to const in test-tls-key-mismatch.js (bjdelro) #9897
• [7538dd5c93] - test: use strictEqual in cwd-enoent (JDHarmon) #10077
• [39816a43af] - test: refactor test-fs-read-stream-inherit.js (Jonathan Darling) #9894
• [7615a0f2cd] - test: refactor test-child-process-stdio-inherit (Wes Tyler) #9893
• [2a9ab8ea2a] - test: change var to const for require and strict equality checks (Harish Tejwani) #9892
• [5cd7e7aaf1] - test: Update to const and use regex for assertions (Daniel Flores) #9891
• [1a73cc5357] - test: swap var->const/let and equal->strictEqual (Peter Masucci) #9888
• [552169e950] - test: replace equal with strictEqual in crypto (Julian Duque) #9886
• [49900e78b0] - test: replace equal with strictEqual (Julian Duque) #9879
• [998db3a003] - test: refactor test-tls-timeout-server-2 (Devon Rifkin) #9876
• [aaab51047f] - test: Changed assert.equal to assert.strictEqual (Daniel Pittman) #9902
• [a4488c3cbd] - test: refactor test-vm-syntax-error-stderr.js (Jay Brownlee) #9900
• [cff80a5c0e] - test: refactor test-tls-destroy-whilst-write (Chris Bystrek) #10064
• [8257671bdc] - test: refactor test-https-truncate (davidmarkclements) #10074
• [457af874b5] - test: use strictEqual in test-cli-eval-event.js (Richard Karmazin) #9964
• [2890f0d904] - test: refactor test-tls-friendly-error-message.js (Adrian Estrada) #9967
• [c37ae4a1b6] - test: refactor test-vm-static-this.js (David Bradford) #9887
• [9473fc6c2f] - test: refactor test-crypto-cipheriv-decipheriv (Aileen) #10018
• [6ecc4ffb1c] - test: refactor test for crypto cipher/decipher iv (Julian Duque) #9943
• [a486f6bad4] - test: refactor test-cluster-setup-master-argv (Oscar Martinez) #9960
• [384c954698] - test: refactor test-cluster-setup-master-argv (Christine Hong) #9993
• [76645e8781] - test: use assert.strictEqual in test-crypto-ecb (Daniel Pittman) #9980
• [9103c3d3fe] - test: update to const iin cluster test (Greg Valdez) #10007
• [27c9171586] - test: use assert.strictEqual() cluster test (Bidur Adhikari) #10042
• [2453d64aa7] - test: var -> let/const, .equal -> .strictEqual (shiya) #9913
• [1467c964a4] - test: increase coverage for timers (lrlna) #10068
• [e47195cf78] - test: change equal to strictEqual (Kevin Zurawel) #9872
• [33da22aba1] - test: add toASCII and toUnicode punycode tests (Claudio Rodriguez) #9741
• [4c5d24b632] - test: refine test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars (Rich Trott) #9802
• [81d49aaeb2] - test: exclude no_interleaved_stdio test for AIX (Michael Dawson) #9772
• [b59cf582e4] - test: refactor test-async-wrap-* (Rich Trott) #9663
• [57cc5cb277] - test: use setImmediate() in test of stream2 (masashi.g) #9583
• [8345ffb0a0] - test: add test case of PassThrough (Yoshiya Hinosawa) #9581
• [beb147a08b] - test: check that process.execPath is a realpath (Anna Henningsen) #9229
• [cef5b1fa14] - test: add test for broken child process stdio (cjihrig) #9528
• [29ab76b791] - test: ensure nextTick is not scheduled in exit (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #9555
• [b87fe250d2] - test: change from setTimeout to setImmediate (MURAKAMI Masahiko) #9578
• [eca12d4316] - test: improve test-stream2-objects.js (Yoshiya Hinosawa) #9565
• [4e36a14c15] - test: refactor test-next-tick-error-spin (Rich Trott) #9537
• [b2b2bc2293] - test: move timer-dependent test to sequential (Rich Trott) #9487
• [1436fd70f5] - test: convert assert.equal to assert.strictEqual (Jonathan Darling) #9925
• [c9ed49da6e] - test: run cpplint on files in test/cctest (Ben Noordhuis) #9787
• [10d4f470f8] - test: enable addons test to pass with debug build (Daniel Bevenius) #8836
• [550393dc78] - test: add new.target add-on regression test (Ben Noordhuis) #9689
• [76245b2156] - test: refactor large event emitter tests (cjihrig) #6446
• [02e8187751] - test: allow globals to be whitelisted (cjihrig) #7826
• [c0c5608bfc] - test,assert: add deepEqual/deepStrictEqual tests for typed arrays (Feross Aboukhadijeh) #8002
• [759e8fdd18] - timers: bail from intervals if _repeat is bad (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #10365
• [553d95da15] - timers: use consistent checks for canceled timers (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #9685
• [5c6d908dd7] - tools: enable final newline in .editorconfig (Roman Reiss) #9410
• [06e8120928] - tools: remove unneeded escaping in generate.js (Rich Trott) #9781
• [fd6b305421] - tools: use better regexp for manpage references (Anna Henningsen) #9632
• [9b36469a3c] - tools: improve docopen target in Makefile (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) #9436
• [e3dc05d01b] - tools: make run-valgrind.py useful (Ben Noordhuis) #9520
• [7b1b11a11c] - tools: fix run-valgrind.py script (Ben Noordhuis) #9520
• [011ee0ba8b] - tools: copy run-valgrind.py to tools/ (Ben Noordhuis) #9520