[Node.js Long Term Support Plan](https://github.com/nodejs/LTS) and
will be supported actively until April 2017 and maintained until April 2018.
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## 2016-11-08, Version 4.6.2 'Argon' (LTS), @thealphanerd
This LTS release comes with 219 commits. This includes 80 commits that are docs related, 58 commits that are test related, 20 commits that are build / tool related, and 9 commits that are updates to dependencies.
## Notable Changes
* **build**: It is now possible to build the documentation from the release tarball (Anna Henningsen) [#8413](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8413)
* **buffer**: Buffer.alloc() will no longer incorrectly return a zero filled buffer when an encoding is passed (Teddy Katz) [#9238](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9238)
* **deps**: upgrade npm in LTS to 2.15.11 (Kat Marchán) [#8928](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8928)
* **repl**: Enable tab completion for global properties (Lance Ball) [#7369](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7369)
* **url**: `url.format()` will now encode all `#` in `search` (Ilkka Myller) [#8072](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8072)
## Commits
* [[`06a1c9bf80`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/06a1c9bf80)] - **assert**: remove code that is never reached (Rich Trott) [#8132](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8132)
* [[`861e584d46`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/861e584d46)] - **async_wrap**: add a missing case to test-async-wrap-throw-no-init (yorkie) [#8198](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8198)
* [[`50cfea0081`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/50cfea0081)] - **build**: run `npm install` for doc builds in tarball (Anna Henningsen) [#8413](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8413)
* [[`c4be179064`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c4be179064)] - **build**: add missing files to zip and 7z packages (Richard Lau) [#8069](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8069)
* [[`41e27f6a6a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/41e27f6a6a)] - **build**: don't link against liblog on host system (Ben Noordhuis) [#7762](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7762)
* [[`7766997f7e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7766997f7e)] - **build**: add conflict marker check during CI lint (Brian White) [#7625](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7625)
* [[`612dfeb647`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/612dfeb647)] - **child_process**: Check stderr before accessing it (Robert Chiras) [#6877](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6877)
* [[`5ed5142158`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5ed5142158)] - **child_process**: workaround fd passing issue on OS X (Santiago Gimeno) [#7572](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7572)
* [[`227db0ab21`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/227db0ab21)] - **cluster**: remove bind() and self (cjihrig) [#7710](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7710)
* [[`3003131e9a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3003131e9a)] - **configure**: reword help for --without-npm (BlackYoup) [#7471](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7471)
* [[`2b933339d0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2b933339d0)] - **debugger**: use arrow function for lexical `this` (Guy Fraser) [#7415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7415)
* [[`0e2aba96bc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0e2aba96bc)] - **doc**: make sure links are correctly passed to marked (Timothy Gu) [#8494](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8494)
* [[`64c4bb30fe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/64c4bb30fe)] - **doc**: add link to help repo in README (Rich Trott) [#8570](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8570)
* [[`055d39c724`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/055d39c724)] - **doc**: add CI help/support info to onboarding doc (Rich Trott) [#8407](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8407)
* [[`3f2e3dfb32`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3f2e3dfb32)] - **doc**: update CI content in onboarding doc (Rich Trott) [#8374](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8374)
* [[`9e1325c42e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9e1325c42e)] - **doc**: update authors list (James M Snell) [#8346](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8346)
* [[`c529bf5521`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c529bf5521)] - **doc**: add return type of clientRequest.setTimeout (Mike Ralphson) [#8356](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8356)
* [[`c094b2a51c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c094b2a51c)] - **doc**: update targos email in readme per request (James M Snell) [#8389](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8389)
* [[`5c417ee25b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5c417ee25b)] - **doc**: update landing pr info in onboarding doc (Rich Trott) [#8344](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8344)
* [[`763fa85ccf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/763fa85ccf)] - **doc**: bad/better examples for fs.access() and fs.exists() (Dan Fabulich) [#7832](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7832)
* [[`e5f4367da5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e5f4367da5)] - **doc**: readline write() is processed as input (James M Snell) [#8295](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8295)
* [[`b3617fcc7d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b3617fcc7d)] - **doc**: add `added:` information for modules (Luigi Pinca) [#8250](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8250)
* [[`0b605636c5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0b605636c5)] - **doc**: add Myles Borins to the CTC (Rod Vagg) [#8260](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8260)
* [[`a8a8f0a6f1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a8a8f0a6f1)] - **doc**: add `added:` information for cluster (Anna Henningsen) [#7640](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7640)
* [[`2a2971b26e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2a2971b26e)] - **doc**: use blockquotes for Stability: markers (Anna Henningsen) [#7757](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7757)
* [[`3a3fde69c7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3a3fde69c7)] - **doc**: fix variable scoping bug in server example code (lazlojuly) [#8124](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8124)
* [[`9892a5ddc3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9892a5ddc3)] - **doc**: remove extra spaces and concats in examples (Joe Esposito) [#7885](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7885)
* [[`3ad74089f5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ad74089f5)] - **doc**: correct sample output of buf.compare (Hargobind S. Khalsa) [#7777](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7777)
* [[`08111e84b1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/08111e84b1)] - **doc**: use consistent markdown in README (Rich Trott) [#7971](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7971)
* [[`009df788de`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/009df788de)] - **doc**: use `git-secure-tag` for release tags (Fedor Indutny) [#7603](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7603)
* [[`abefdca5ae`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/abefdca5ae)] - **doc**: piscisaureus has stepped-down from the CTC (James M Snell) [#7969](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7969)
* [[`9700660d2b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9700660d2b)] - **doc**: add @addaleax to the CTC (Anna Henningsen) [#7966](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7966)
* [[`bbbbb19658`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bbbbb19658)] - **doc**: add information about CTC quorum rules (Rich Trott) [#7813](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7813)
* [[`d759d4e0a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d759d4e0a6)] - **doc**: remove platform assumption from CONTRIBUTING (Bethany N Griggs) [#7783](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7783)
* [[`26f5168c02`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26f5168c02)] - **doc**: clarify that the node.js irc channel is not under tsc oversight (James M Snell) [#7810](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7810)
* [[`506e367062`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/506e367062)] - **doc**: update readme with andrasq as a collaborator (Andras) [#7801](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7801)
* [[`2e29b76666`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2e29b76666)] - **intl**: Don't crash if v8BreakIterator not available (Steven R. Loomis) [#4253](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4253)
* [[`9d9bcd7c55`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9d9bcd7c55)] - **meta**: clarify process for breaking changes (Rich Trott) [#7955](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7955)
* [[`6d49f22e35`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6d49f22e35)] - **meta**: include a minimal CTC removal policy (Rich Trott) [#7720](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7720)
* [[`7faf6dc0da`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7faf6dc0da)] - **meta**: provide example activities (Rich Trott) [#7744](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7744)
* [[`9f1b790f79`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9f1b790f79)] - **net**: make holding the buffer in memory more robust (Anna Henningsen) [#8252](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8252)
* [[`c235708bef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c235708bef)] - **readline**: keypress trigger for escape character (Prince J Wesley) [#7382](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7382)
* [[`8198dbc5a4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8198dbc5a4)] - **repl**: Enable tab completion for global properties (Lance Ball) [#7369](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7369)
* [[`12300626d7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/12300626d7)] - **src**: no abort from getter if object isn't wrapped (Trevor Norris) [#6184](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6184)
* [[`606deecd16`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/606deecd16)] - **src**: don't include a null character in the WriteConsoleW call (Nikolai Vavilov) [#7764](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7764)
* [[`a5b6c2cdd7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5b6c2cdd7)] - **src**: use RAII for mutexes and condition variables (Ben Noordhuis) [#7334](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7334)
* [[`19d6f06058`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/19d6f06058)] - **stream_base**: always use Base template class (Trevor Norris) [#6184](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6184)
* [[`b063dc90b1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b063dc90b1)] - **test**: use strict equality in regression test (Rich Trott) [#8098](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8098)
* [[`dc7bc2e679`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dc7bc2e679)] - **test**: add test for debug usage message (Rich Trott) [#8061](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8061)
* [[`afee32fed5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/afee32fed5)] - **test**: fix `fs-watch-recursive` flakiness on OS X (Santiago Gimeno) [#4629](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4629)
* [[`c543f4a879`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c543f4a879)] - **test**: stream writable ended state (Italo A. Casas) [#8778](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8778)
* [[`f46a04cc6d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f46a04cc6d)] - **test**: add tests for add/remove header after sent (Niklas Ingholt) [#8682](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8682)
* [[`5a07bb62ea`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5a07bb62ea)] - **test**: swapped == and equal to === and strictEqual (Christopher Dunavan) [#8472](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8472)
* [[`ad1230e731`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ad1230e731)] - **test**: skip pseudo-tty/no_dropped_stdio test (Michael Dawson) [#8470](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8470)
* [[`6d03170751`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6d03170751)] - **test**: clean up net server try ports test (Thomas Hunter II) [#8458](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8458)
* [[`c841b5a6b9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c841b5a6b9)] - **tls**: copy the Buffer object before using (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#8055](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8055)
* [[`6076293d6c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6076293d6c)] - **tls_wrap**: do not abort on new TLSWrap() (Trevor Norris) [#6184](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6184)
* [[`6e5906c7f1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e5906c7f1)] - **tools**: use long format for gpg fingerprint (Myles Borins) [#9258](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9258)
* [[`7409c332b8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7409c332b8)] - **tools**: check tag is on github before release (Rod Vagg) [#9142](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9142)
* [[`b632badda2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b632badda2)] - **tools**: make detached SHASUM .sig file for releases (Rod Vagg) [#9071](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9071)
* [[`5867ffe27e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5867ffe27e)] - **tools**: explicitly set digest algo for SHASUM to 256 (Rod Vagg) [#9071](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9071)
* [[`bdfa3b388b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bdfa3b388b)] - **tools**: favor === over == in license2rtf.js (Rich Trott)
* [[`76b8d81f38`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/76b8d81f38)] - **tools,test**: show signal code when test crashes (Santiago Gimeno) [#7859](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7859)
* [[`26e73740e9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26e73740e9)] - **win,build**: exit when addons fail to build (João Reis) [#8412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8412)
* [[`30e751f38b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/30e751f38b)] - **win,build**: skip finding VS when not needed (João Reis) [#8412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8412)
* [[`b3090f8e64`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b3090f8e64)] - **win,build**: fail on invalid option in vcbuild (João Reis) [#8412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8412)