Release proposal: v0.10.44
2016-03-04, Version 0.10.44 (Maintenance), @rvagg
Notable changes:
- npm: Upgrade to v2.15.1. IMPORTANT: This is a major upgrade to npm v2 LTS from the previously deprecated npm v1. (Forrest L Norvell)
- openssl: OpenSSL v1.0.1s disables the EXPORT and LOW ciphers as they are obsolete and not considered safe. This release of Node.js turns on
OPENSSL_NO_WEAK_SSL_CIPHERSto fully disable the 27 ciphers included in these lists which can be used in SSLv3 and higher. Full details can be found in our LTS discussion on the matter (https://github.com/nodejs/LTS/issues/85). (Shigeki Ohtsu) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5712 - [9fe106cb] - deps: upgrade npm in LTS to 2.15.1 (Forrest L Norvell)
- [08479543] - deps: Disable EXPORT and LOW ciphers in openssl (Shigeki Ohtsu) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5712
- [6bb86e72] - test: change tls tests not to use LOW cipher (Shigeki Ohtsu) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5712
- [905bec29] - win,build: support Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 (João Reis) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5627
Test: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/2744/ Smoker: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/thealphanerd-smoker/166/ RC 1: https://nodejs.org/download/rc/v0.10.44-rc.1/