2018-01-02, Version 6.12.3 'Boron' (LTS), @MylesBorins

This LTS release comes with 115 commits. This includes 52 which are test related,
40 which are doc related, 12 which are build / tool related and 2 commits which updating a dependency.

Notable Changes

• build:
  • configure can now be run from any directory (Gibson Fahnestock) #17321

Commits

• [b1b975370f] - benchmark,path: remove unused variables (薛定谔的猫) #15789
• [ac6f345f70] - build: allow running configure from any directory (Gibson Fahnestock) #17321
• [017492eca2] - build: add serial commas to messages in configure script (Rich Trott) #17464
• [ad9a8578ee] - build: fix test-v8 target (Michaël Zasso) #17269
• [9ba35e859f] - build: remove empty VCLibrarianTool entry (Daniel Bevenius) #17191
• [3d22e81d70] - build: minor corrections to configure descriptions (Daniel Bevenius) #17094
• [92f41e553a] - build: allow enabling the --trace-maps flag in V8 (Evan Lucas) #14018
• [b563908ff9] - crypto: use SetNull instead of Set (Daniel Bevenius) #17521
• [b287b9e64b] - deps: V8: cherry-pick e8e9c07 from upstream (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
• [9804e7f3bb] - deps: V8: cherry-pick 9622696 from upstream (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
• [dcee5edef7] - doc: simplify and clarify FIPS text in BUILDING.md (Rich Trott) #17538
• [f53b4df00e] - doc: 'constructor' implies use of new keyword (Cameron Moorehead) #17364
• [67c526fbb8] - doc: improve text for Console constructor (Rich Trott) #17519
• [013ef22ef8] - doc: improve readability of COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md (Rich Trott) #17519
• [ee52ce954a] - doc: mention node-test-pull-request-lite job (Jon Moss) #17513
• [a44f0855b4] - doc: fix typo in repl.md (Rich Trott) #17502
• [a15da3bf45] - doc: fix common typo involving one-time listeners (Rich Trott) #17502
• [92d2c9aecb] - doc: update AUTHORS list (Michaël Zasso) #17452
• [c24fafa881] - doc: edit module introduction (Rich Trott) #17463
• [8ca12e2b6e] - doc: standardize preposition usage in fs.md (Rich Trott) #17463
• [e8368a12d2] - doc: improve punctuation in fs.open() text (Rich Trott) #17463
• [4d4337d3d3] - doc: use colon consistently in assert.md (Rich Trott) #17463
• [0fa2f39457] - doc: improve checkServerIdentity docs (Hannes Magnusson) #17203
• [35316dcd10] - doc: add guide to maintaining npm (Myles Borins) #16541
• [90ee2ee943] - doc: clarify fast-track of reversions (Refael Ackermann) #17332
• [3eab248a1f] - doc: Add link for ECMAScript 2015 (smatsu-hl) #17317
• [c519287d3d] - doc: replace string with template string (Leko) #17316
• [b2236a3804] - doc: replace function with arrow function in vm.md (narirou) #17307
• [46dc2416b9] - doc: fix typo in api doc of url.format(urlObject) (pkovacs) #17295
• [b13dab8b4d] - doc: add maclover7 to collaborators (Jon Moss) #17289
• [ab91fe1686] - doc: update http URLs to https in README.md (Ronald Eddy Jr) #17264
• [23f21a63d8] - doc: update http URLs to https in GOVERNANCE.md (Ronald Eddy Jr) #17262
• [d692f4546c] - doc: update http URLs to https in CONTRIBUTING.md (Ronald Eddy Jr) #17261
• [a0bd1c0b81] - doc: add SharedArrayBuffer to Buffer documentation (Thomas den Hollander) #15489
• [5f522a18d9] - doc: use better terminology for build machines (Anna Henningsen) #17142
• [3f39e47f6c] - doc: update mgol in AUTHORS.txt, add to .mailmap (Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek) #17239
• [80c6384985] - doc: update release table in V8 guide (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) #17136
• [d4e9a2555d] - doc: add guybedford to collaborators (Guy Bedford) #17197
• [e232e210f6] - doc: update AUTHORS list (Michaël Zasso) #16571
• [ca76c336d1] - doc: normalize ToC indentation with heading levels in README (Rich Trott) #17106
• [1815ca5066] - doc: add Contributing to Node.js to the README ToC (Rich Trott) #17106
• [d8f66676e5] - doc: merge Working Groups with Contributing to Node.js in README (Rich Trott) #17106
• [b064c731ff] - doc: remove IRC node-dev link from README (Rich Trott) #17106
• [8cae573af1] - doc: add note about using cluster without networking (pimlie) #17031
• [b16e6d29f1] - doc: explicitly document highWaterMark option (Sebastian Silbermann) #17049
• [ccdf4b245a] - doc: reorganize collaborator guide (Joyee Cheung) #17056
• [d44adf12a9] - doc: delete unused definition in README.md (Vse Mozhet Byt) #17108
• [e03645dd6f] - doc: add Support section in README (Rich Trott) #16533
• [0f94bb9aeb] - doc: add hashseed to collaborators (Yang Guo)
• [5cd89c7817] - doc,win: clarify WSL support (João Reis) #17008
• [93ca2f78c6] - meta: allow vague objections to be dismissed (James M Snell) #15233
• [a12e16818f] - path: remove obsolete comment (Rich Trott) #17023
• [2d74af0184] - src: remove unused include node_crypto_clienthello (Daniel Bevenius) #17546
• [6792998f6a] - src: make base64.h self-contained (Daniel Bevenius) #17177
• [84a8861b62] - src: remove unprofessional slang in assertions (Alexey Orlenko) #17166
• [f11acca80c] - src: fix size of CounterSet (Witthawat Piwawatthanapanit) #16984
• [a528d573ce] - test: remove hidden use of common.PORT in parallel tests (Rich Trott) #17466
• [dbf5ddbc97] - test: refactor test-child-process-pass-fd (Rich Trott) #17596
• [a50366fbf7] - test: improve assert messages in repl-reset-event (Adri Van Houdt) #16836
• [bd4b97fe3d] - test: update test-http-should-keep-alive to use countdown (TomerOmri) #17505
• [23edd08b00] - test: use Countdown in http test (idandagan1) #17506
• [e9cacee677] - test: use Countdown in http-response-statuscode (Mandeep Singh) #17327
• [68dabce07a] - test: use Countdown in test-http-set-cookies (Shilo Mangam) #17504
• [d4d3f50f9d] - test: Use common.mustCall in http test (sreepurnajasti) #17487
• [6e7ace2dcf] - test: replace fs.accessSync with fs.existsSync (Leko) #17446
• [3cf8f98c3e] - test: add common.crashOnUnhandledRejection() (IHsuan) #17247
• [d1d547d2ab] - test: update test-http-request-dont-override-options to use common.mustCall (Mithun Sasidharan) #17438
• [f9adf51744] - test: use common.mustCall in test-http-malformed-request (Mithun Sasidharan) #17439
• [8fc196905d] - test: use Countdown in http test (Mithun Sasidharan) #17436
• [47e5fd940e] - test: update test-http-response-multiheaders to use countdown (hmammedzadeh) #17419
• [660e6dea89] - test: update test-http-upgrade-client to use countdown (Mithun Sasidharan) #17339
• [8f997c0117] - test: update test-http-status-reason-invalid-chars to use countdown (Mithun Sasidharan) #17342
• [42454a5c34] - test: refactored test-http-allow-req-after-204-res to countdown (Mithun Sasidharan) #17211
• [3ee4c1e149] - test: update test/parallel/test-http-pipe-fs.js to use countdown (ChungNgoops) #17346
• [8908cd6cc1] - test: refactored test-http-response-splitting to use countdown (Mithun Sasidharan) #17348
• [4f3a165827] - test: replace function with ES6 arrow function (Junichi Kajiwara) #17306
• [3a0cb8fcae] - test: refactored http test to use countdown (Mithun Sasidharan) #17241
• [f3c1158f57] - test: Update test-http-parser-free to use countdown timer (Mandeep Singh) #17322
• [956198f30d] - test: Update test-http-client-agent to use countdown timer (Mandeep Singh) #17325
• [35cc1b3fcc] - test: fix isNAN->Number.isNAN (yuza yuko) #17309
• [32ebcf7fd0] - test: make use of Number.isNaN to test-readfloat.js (Hiromu Yoshiwara) #17310
• [1cd4076a4e] - test: replace function with arrow function (spring_raining) #17312
• [0ef4f78ae0] - test: replace function with arrow function (Hiroaki KARASAWA) #17308
• [c0c366634d] - test: use arrow function (koooge) #17318
• [8098a6ed0e] - test: use Number.isNaN() (MURAKAMI Masahiko) #17319
• [bdbcdebb65] - test: add test of stream Transform (Yoshiya Hinosawa) #17303
• [75ad37c854] - test: use common.crashOnUnhandledRejection (Kcin1993) #17235
• [b63f51aa7f] - test: use common.crashOnUnhandledRejection (zhengyuanjie) #17215
• [797e33b602] - test: use common.crashOnUnhandledRejection (Jason Chung) #17233
• [699659e5df] - test: use common.crashOnUnhandledRejection() ([email protected]) #17232
• [89f1b6c041] - test: add common.crashOnHandleRejection (jackyen) #17225
• [7cbdeefc7e] - test: remove unlink function which is needless (buji) #17119
• [7c57ab76ec] - test: dont need to remove nonexistent directory (buji) #17119
• [71671df00e] - test: fix linting error (James M Snell) #17251
• [6620e761d7] - test: use crashOnUnhandledRejection (Roth Peng) #17226
• [d4a5499360] - test: use common.crashOnUnhandledRejection (esbb48) #17218
• [353e66f823] - test: use arrow function instead of bind (Lance Ball) #17202
• [289ebb19b5] - test: use crashOnUnhandledRejection (Chiahao Lin) #17219
• [e7ca894114] - test: use common.crashOnUnhandledRejection (Whien) #17214
• [0963c75c8e] - test: clean up inappropriate language (Gus Caplan) #17170
• [5d488ee13f] - test: wrap callback in common.mustCall (suman-mitra) #17173
• [fd36b27949] - test: remove unused parameter in test-next-tick-error-spin.js (Francois KY) #17185
• [43e4669467] - test: remove unused parameter (Fran Herrero) #17193
• [4eb1b58481] - test: remove unused variable (Guillaume Flandre) #17187
• [39cd0a8abc] - test: utilize common.mustCall() on child exit (sreepurnajasti) #16996
• [fe2188620d] - test: use arrow functions instead of bind (Tobias Nießen) #17070
• [92daa2d2d3] - test: make REPL test pass in coverage mode (Anna Henningsen) #17082
• [c18a450e9d] - test: add coverage to tty module (cjihrig) #16959
• [ad0d878772] - tools: simplify buffer-constructor rule (cjihrig) #17572
• [5383422672] - tools: simplify prefer-assert-methods rule (cjihrig) #17572
• [3e70ee84fb] - tools: simplify prefer-common-mustnotcall rule (cjihrig) #17572
• [afd4d9e348] - tools: add Boxstarter script (Bartosz Sosnowski) #17046
• [466e94a6c1] - tools: avoid using process.cwd in tools/lint-js (Tobias Nießen) #17121
• [dcf7646725] - tools: fail tests if malformed status file (Rich Trott) #16703
• [d176073511] - tty: refactor exports (cjihrig) #16959