8.1.0 Proposal

Node.js 8.1.0 Proposal

/cc @nodejs/release

Notable Changes

• Async Hooks
  • When one Promise leads to the creation of a new Promise, the parent Promise will be identified as the trigger [135f4e6643] #13367.
• File system
  • The fs.exists() function now works correctly with util.promisify() [6e0eccd7a1] #13316.
• Inspector
  • It is now possible to bind to a random port using --inspect=0 [cc6ec2fb27] #5025.
• Zlib
  • A regression in the Zlib module that made it impossible to properly subclasses zlib.Deflate and other Zlib classes has been fixed. [6aeb555cc4] #13374.

Commits

• [47c9de9842] - assert: fix deepEqual RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded (rmdm) #13318
• [135f4e6643] - (SEMVER-MINOR) async_hooks: use parent promise as triggerId (JiaLi.Passion) #13367
• [9db02dcc85] - async_hooks,http: fix socket reuse with Agent (Anna Henningsen) #13348
• [6917df2a80] - async_wrap: run destroy in uv_timer_t (Trevor Norris) #13369
• [291669e7d8] - build: streamline JS test suites in Makefile (Rich Trott) #13340
• [dcadeb4fef] - build: fix typo (Nikolai Vavilov) #13396
• [50b5f8bac0] - crypto: clear err stack after ECDH::BufferToPoint (Ryan Kelly) #13275
• [035a81b2e6] - deps: update openssl asm and asm_obsolete files (Daniel Bevenius) #13233
• [6f57554650] - deps: update openssl config files (Daniel Bevenius) #13233
• [1b8b82d076] - deps: add -no_rand_screen to openssl s_client (Shigeki Ohtsu) nodejs/io.js#1836
• [783294add1] - deps: fix asm build error of openssl in x86_win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) iojs/io.js#1389
• [db7419bead] - deps: fix openssl assembly error on ia32 win32 (Fedor Indutny) iojs/io.js#1389
• [dd93fa677a] - deps: copy all openssl header files to include dir (Daniel Bevenius) #13233
• [d9191f6e18] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to 1.0.2l (Daniel Bevenius) #13233
• [92de432780] - dns: use faster IP address type check on results (Brian White) #13261
• [007a033820] - dns: improve callback performance (Brian White) #13261
• [414da1b7a1] - doc: fix nits in code examples of async_hooks.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13400
• [159294d7d5] - doc: use prefer-rest-params eslint rule in docs (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13389
• [641979b213] - doc: resume a stream after pipe() and unpipe() (Matteo Collina) #13329
• [6c56bbdf13] - doc: add missing backticks to doc/api/tls.md (Paul Bininda) #13394
• [837ecc01eb] - doc: update who to cc for async_hooks (Anna Henningsen) #13332
• [52c0c47856] - doc: suggest xcode-select --install (Gibson Fahnestock) #13264
• [11e428dd99] - doc: add require modules in url.md (Daijiro Wachi) #13365
• [2d25e09b0f] - doc: add object-curly-spacing to doc/.eslintrc (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13354
• [6cd5312b22] - doc: unify spaces in object literals (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13354
• [4e687605ee] - doc: use destructuring in code examples (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13349
• [1b192f936a] - doc: fix code examples in zlib.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13342
• [a872399ddb] - doc: update who to cc for n-api (Michael Dawson) #13335
• [90417e8ced] - doc: add missing make command to UPGRADING.md (Daniel Bevenius) #13233
• [3c55d1aea4] - doc: refine spaces in example from vm.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13334
• [1729574cd7] - doc: fix link in CHANGELOG_V8 (James, please) #13313
• [16605cc3e4] - doc: add async_hooks, n-api to _toc.md and all.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13379
• [eb6e9a0c9a] - doc: remove 'you' from writing-tests.md (Michael Dawson) #13319
• [e4f37568e2] - doc: fix date for 8.0.0 changelog (Myles Borins) #13360
• [41f0af524d] - doc: async-hooks documentation (Thorsten Lorenz) #13287
• [b8b0bfb1a7] - doc: add tniessen to collaborators (Tobias Nießen) #13371
• [561c14ba12] - doc: modernize and fix code examples in util.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13298
• [c2d7b41ac7] - doc: fix code examples in url.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #13288
• [243643e5e4] - doc: fix typo in n-api.md (JongChan Choi) #13323
• [bee1421501] - doc: fix doc styles (Daijiro Wachi) #13270
• [44c8ea32df] - doc,stream: clarify 'data', pipe() and 'readable' (Matteo Collina) #13432
• [6e0eccd7a1] - (SEMVER-MINOR) fs: promisify exists correctly (Dan Fabulich) #13316
• [b3c9bff254] - http: describe parse err in debug output (Sam Roberts) #13206
• [c7ebf6ea70] - http: suppress data event if req aborted (Yihong Wang) #13260
• [376ac5fc3e] - inspector: Allows reentry when paused (Eugene Ostroukhov) #13350
• [7f0aa3f4bd] - inspector: refactor to rename and comment methods (Sam Roberts) #13321
• [cc6ec2fb27] - (SEMVER-MINOR) inspector: bind to random port with --inspect=0 (Ben Noordhuis) #5025
• [a95f080160] - n-api: enable napi_wrap() to work with any object (Jason Ginchereau) #13250
• [b5409abf9a] - openssl: fix keypress requirement in apps on win32 (Shigeki Ohtsu) iojs/io.js#1389
• [81ddeb98f6] - readline: clean up event listener in onNewListener (Gibson Fahnestock) #13266
• [8620aad573] - src: added newline in help message (Josh Ferge) #13315
• [339d220eed] - test: rearrange inspector headers into convention (Sam Roberts) #13428
• [8c7f9da489] - test: improve async hooks test error messages (Anna Henningsen) #13243
• [818c935add] - test: test async-hook triggerId properties (Dávid Szakállas) #13328
• [29f19b6d39] - test: add documentation for common.mustNotCall() (Rich Trott) #13359
• [c208f9d51f] - test: check destroy hooks are called before exit (Anna Henningsen) #13369
• [406c2cd8e4] - test: make test-fs-watchfile reliable (Rich Trott) #13385
• [93e91a4f3f] - test: check inspector support in test/inspector (Daniel Bevenius) #13324
• [d1b39d92d6] - test: add known_test request with Unicode in the URL (David D Lowe) #13297
• [dccd1d2d31] - test: improve dns internet test case (Brian White) #13261
• [e20f3577d0] - test: improve test-https-server-keep-alive-timeout (Rich Trott) #13312
• [2a29c07d9e] - test: mark inspector-port-zero-cluster as flaky (Refael Ackermann)
• [b16dd98387] - test: consolidate n-api test addons (Michael Dawson) #13317
• [830049f784] - test: refactor test-net-server-bind (Rich Trott) #13273
• [9df8e2a3e9] - test: use mustCall() in test-readline-interface (Rich Trott) #13259
• [25a05e5db1] - test: fix flaky test-fs-watchfile on macOS (Rich Trott) #13252
• [ec357bf88f] - test: use mustNotCall() in test-stream2-objects (Rich Trott) #13249
• [5369359d52] - test: Make N-API weak-ref GC tests asynchronous (Jason Ginchereau) #13121
• [7cc6fd8403] - test: improve n-api coverage for typed arrays (Michael Dawson) #13244
• [a2d49545a7] - test: support candidate V8 versions (Michaël Zasso) #13282
• [f0ad3bb695] - test: hasCrypto https-server-keep-alive-timeout (Daniel Bevenius) #13253
• [bccda4f2b8] - tools: be explicit about including key-id (Myles Borins) #13309
• [d4d138c6e9] - url: do not pass WHATWG host to http.request (Tobias Nießen) #13409
• [315c3aaf43] - url: more precise URLSearchParams constructor (Timothy Gu) #13026
• [1bcda5efda] - util: refactor format method.Performance improved. (Jesus Seijas) #12407
• [6aeb555cc4] - zlib: revert back to Functions (James M Snell) #13374
• [cc3174a937] - (SEMVER-MINOR) zlib: expose amount of data read for engines (Alexander O'Mara) #13088
• [bb77d6c1cc] - (SEMVER-MINOR) zlib: option for engine in convenience methods (Alexander O'Mara) #13089