This list of changes is relative to the last io.js v3.x branch
release, v3.3.0. Please see the list of notable changes in the v3.x,
v2.x and v1.x releases for a more complete list of changes from
0.12.x. Note, that some changes in the v3.x series as well as major
breaking changes in this release constitute changes required for full
convergence of the Node.js and io.js projects.
* child_process: ChildProcess.prototype.send() and process.send()
operate asynchronously across all platforms so an optional callback
parameter has been introduced that will be invoked once the message
has been sent, i.e. .send(message[, sendHandle][, callback])
(Ben Noordhuis) #2620.
* node: Rename "io.js" code to "Node.js" (cjihrig) #2367.
* node-gyp: This release bundles an updated version of node-gyp that
works with all versions of Node.js and io.js including nightly and
release candidate builds. From io.js v3 and Node.js v4 onward, it
will only download a headers tarball when building addons rather
than the entire source. (Rod Vagg) #2700.
* npm: Upgrade to version 2.14.2 from 2.13.3, includes a security
update, see https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.14.2 for more
details, (Kat Marchán) #2696.
* timers: Improved timer performance from porting the 0.12
implementation, plus minor fixes (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #2540,
(Julien Gilli) nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#8751nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#8905
* util: The util.is*() functions have been deprecated, beginning with
deprecation warnings in the documentation for this release, users
are encouraged to seek more robust alternatives in the npm registry,
(Sakthipriyan Vairamani) #2447.
* v8: Upgrade to version 4.5.103.30 from 4.4.63.30 (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) #2632.
- Implement new TypedArray prototype methods: copyWithin(), every(),
fill(), filter(), find(), findIndex(), forEach(), indexOf(),
join(), lastIndexOf(), map(), reduce(), reduceRight(), reverse(),
slice(), some(), sort(). See
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray
for further information.
- Implement new TypedArray.from() and TypedArray.of() functions. See
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray
for further information.
- Implement arrow functions. See
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/Arrow_functions
for further information.
- Full ChangeLog available at
https://github.com/v8/v8-git-mirror/blob/4.5.103/ChangeLog
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2742
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
This list of changes is relative to the last io.js v3.x branch release, v3.3.0. Please see the list of notable changes in the v3.x, v2.x and v1.x releases for a more complete list of changes from 0.12.x. Note, that some changes in the v3.x series as well as major breaking changes in this release constitute changes required for full convergence of the Node.js and io.js projects.
* **child_process**: `ChildProcess.prototype.send()` and `process.send()` operate asynchronously across all platforms so an optional callback parameter has been introduced that will be invoked once the message has been sent, i.e. `.send(message[, sendHandle][, callback])` (Ben Noordhuis) [#2620](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2620).
* **node**: Rename "io.js" code to "Node.js" (cjihrig) [#2367](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2367).
* **node-gyp**: This release bundles an updated version of node-gyp that works with all versions of Node.js and io.js including nightly and release candidate builds. From io.js v3 and Node.js v4 onward, it will only download a headers tarball when building addons rather than the entire source. (Rod Vagg) [#2700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2700)
* **npm**: Upgrade to version 2.14.2 from 2.13.3, includes a security update, see https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.14.2 for more details, (Kat Marchán) [#2696](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2696).
* **timers**: Improved timer performance from porting the 0.12 implementation, plus minor fixes (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#2540](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2540), (Julien Gilli) [nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#8751](https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/pull/8751) [nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#8905](https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/pull/8905)
* **util**: The `util.is*()` functions have been deprecated, beginning with deprecation warnings in the documentation for this release, users are encouraged to seek more robust alternatives in the npm registry, (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#2447](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2447).
* **v8**: Upgrade to version 4.5.103.30 from 4.4.63.30 (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#2632](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2632).
- Implement new `TypedArray` prototype methods: `copyWithin()`, `every()`, `fill()`, `filter()`, `find()`, `findIndex()`, `forEach()`, `indexOf()`, `join()`, `lastIndexOf()`, `map()`, `reduce()`, `reduceRight()`, `reverse()`, `slice()`, `some()`, `sort()`. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray for further information.
- Implement new `TypedArray.from()` and `TypedArray.of()` functions. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray for further information.
- Implement arrow functions, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/Arrow_functions for further information.
- Full ChangeLog available at https://github.com/v8/v8-git-mirror/blob/4.5.103/ChangeLog
### Known issues
See https://github.com/nodejs/node/labels/confirmed-bug for complete and current list of known issues.
* Some uses of computed object shorthand properties are not handled correctly by the current version of V8. e.g. `[{ [prop]: val }]` evaluates to `[{}]`. [#2507](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/2507)
* Some problems with unreferenced timers running during `beforeExit` are still to be resolved. See [#1264](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1264).
* Surrogate pair in REPL can freeze terminal. [#690](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/690)
* Calling `dns.setServers()` while a DNS query is in progress can cause the process to crash on a failed assertion. [#894](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/894)
* `url.resolve` may transfer the auth portion of the url when resolving between two full hosts, see [#1435](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1435).
### Commits
* [[`4f50d3fb90`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4f50d3fb90)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** This commit sets the value of process.release.name to "node". (cjihrig) [#2367](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2367)
* [[`a7596d7efc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a7596d7efc)] - **build**: remote commands on staging in single session (Rod Vagg) [#2717](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2717)
* [[`be427e9efa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/be427e9efa)] - **build**: make .msi install to "nodejs", not "node" (Rod Vagg) [#2701](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2701)
* [[`2c3939c9c0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2c3939c9c0)] - **child_process**: use stdio.fd even if it is 0 (Evan Lucas) [#2727](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2727)
* [[`609db5a1dd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/609db5a1dd)] - **child_process**: check execFile and fork args (James M Snell) [#2667](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2667)
* [[`3711934095`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3711934095)] - **cpplint**: make it possible to run outside git repo (Ben Noordhuis) [#2710](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2710)
* [[`847459c29b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/847459c29b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **crypto**: show exponent in decimal and hex (Chad Johnston) [#2320](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2320)
* [[`d3d5b93214`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d3d5b93214)] - **doc**: update environment vars in manpage and --help (Roman Reiss) [#2690](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2690)
* [[`29f586ac0a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/29f586ac0a)] - **doc**: update url doc to account for escaping (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#2605](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2605)
* [[`ba50cfebef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ba50cfebef)] - **doc**: reorder collaborators by their usernames (Johan Bergström) [#2322](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2322)
* [[`a69ab27ab4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a69ab27ab4)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **node**: rename from io.js to node (cjihrig) [#2367](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2367)
* [[`9358eee9dd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9358eee9dd)] - **node-gyp**: float 3.0.1, minor fix for download url (Rod Vagg) [#2737](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2737)
* [[`d2d981252b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2d981252b)] - **src**: s/ia32/x86 for process.release.libUrl for win (Rod Vagg) [#2699](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2699)
* [[`eba3d3dccd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eba3d3dccd)] - **src**: use standard conform snprintf on windows (Karl Skomski) [#2404](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2404)
* [[`cddbec231f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cddbec231f)] - **src**: fix buffer overflow for long exception lines (Karl Skomski) [#2404](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2404)
* [[`dd3f3417c7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dd3f3417c7)] - **src**: re-enable fast math on arm (Michaël Zasso) [#2592](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2592)
* [[`e137c1177c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e137c1177c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: enable vector ics on arm again (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#2509](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2509)
* [[`7ce749d722`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7ce749d722)] - **src**: replace usage of v8::Handle with v8::Local (Michaël Zasso) [#2202](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2202)
* [[`b1a2d9509f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b1a2d9509f)] - **src**: enable v8 deprecation warnings and fix them (Ben Noordhuis) [#2091](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2091)
* [[`808de0da03`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/808de0da03)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: apply debug force load fixups from 41e63fb (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#2509](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2509)
* [[`2308a27c0a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2308a27c0a)] - **src**: only set v8 flags if argc > 1 (Evan Lucas) [#2646](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2646)
* [[`384effed20`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/384effed20)] - **test**: fix use of `common` before required (Rod Vagg) [#2685](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2685)
* [[`f146f686b7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f146f686b7)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **test**: fix test-repl-tab-complete.js for V8 4.5 (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#2509](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2509)
* [[`fe4b309fd3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fe4b309fd3)] - **test**: refactor to eliminate flaky test (Rich Trott) [#2609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2609)
* [[`619721e6b8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/619721e6b8)] - **test**: mark eval_messages as flaky (Alexis Campailla) [#2648](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2648)
* [[`93ba585b66`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/93ba585b66)] - **test**: mark test-vm-syntax-error-stderr as flaky (João Reis) [#2662](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2662)
* [[`367140bca0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/367140bca0)] - **test**: mark test-repl-persistent-history as flaky (João Reis) [#2659](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2659)
* [[`f6b093343d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f6b093343d)] - **timers**: minor `_unrefActive` fixes and improvements (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#2540](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2540)
* [[`403d7ee7d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/403d7ee7d1)] - **timers**: don't mutate unref list while iterating it (Julien Gilli) [#2540](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2540)
* [[`7a8c3e08c3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7a8c3e08c3)] - **timers**: Avoid linear scan in `_unrefActive`. (Julien Gilli) [#2540](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2540)
* [[`b630ebaf43`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b630ebaf43)] - **win,msi**: Upgrade from old upgrade code (João Reis) [#2439](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2439)
Rod Vagg
10 years ago