GeezerVison

Initially proposing Tuesday 15th December - this is shorter than our normal proposal period for LTS, but there are a handful of regressions I think we should patch prior to the holidays. Could potentially delay to Thursday 17th to allow an extra couple of days notice.

2020-12-15, Version 14.15.2 'Fermium' (LTS), @BethGriggs

Notable Changes

• deps:
  • upgrade npm to 6.14.9 (Myles Borins) #36450
  • update acorn to v8.0.4 (Michaël Zasso) #35791
• doc: add release key for Danielle Adams (Danielle Adams) #35545
• http2: check write not scheduled in scope destructor (David Halls) #36241
• stream: fix regression on duplex end (Momtchil Momtchev) #35941

Commits

• [c508bfc66b] - assert: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #35998
• [a9d3a0df29] - assert,repl: enable ecmaVersion 2021 in acorn parser (Michaël Zasso) #35827
• [6d43c8dd69] - async_hooks: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #36168
• [029ea16a24] - async_hooks: fix leak in AsyncLocalStorage exit (Stephen Belanger) #35779
• [d49e0ca73a] - benchmark: fix build warnings (Gabriel Schulhof) #36157
• [d027be0551] - benchmark: ignore build artifacts for napi addons (Richard Lau) #35970
• [fdb1c0d31c] - benchmark: remove modules that require intl (Richard Lau) #35968
• [f6487960b5] - benchmark: make the benchmark tool work with Node 10 (Joyee Cheung) #35817
• [21d3ccf5df] - benchmark: add startup benchmark for loading public modules (Joyee Cheung) #35816
• [0477e000bf] - bootstrap: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #35999
• [699bb348d9] - build: replace which with command -v (raisinten) #36118
• [304e269001] - build: try “python3” as a last resort for 3.x (Ole André Vadla Ravnås) #35983
• [6bafe04911] - build: conditionally clear vcinstalldir (Brian Ingenito) #36009
• [f498127c41] - build: fix zlib inlining for IA-32 (raisinten) #35679
• [f33fa264cc] - build: fix lint-js-fix target (Antoine du Hamel) #35927
• [67d31827ac] - build: add vcbuilt test-doc target (Antoine du Hamel) #35708
• [2a8c2ddcb1] - build: add license-builder GitHub Action (Tierney Cyren) #35712
• [6c61b9372b] - build: use make functions instead of echo (Antoine du Hamel) #35707
• [4813d913e3] - build: use GITHUB_ENV file to set env variables (Michaël Zasso) #35638
• [71e0f33751] - build: do not install jq in workflows (Michaël Zasso) #35638
• [8ab7f258d4] - build, tools: look for local installation of NASM (Richard Lau) #36014
• [50552facb7] - build,tools: gitHub Actions: use Node.js Fermium (Antoine du Hamel) #35840
• [77b7c985f6] - build,tools: add lint-js-doc target (Antoine du Hamel) #35708
• [929e1272ee] - cluster: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #36011
• [568e6177c9] - console: use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #35734
• [6cea3152fe] - deps: upgrade npm to 6.14.9 (Myles Borins) #36450
• [d2ee676eb9] - deps: cherry-pick 9a49b22 from V8 upstream (Daniel Bevenius) #35939
• [7367e6c6be] - deps: update acorn to v8.0.4 (Michaël Zasso) #35791
• [4937a34be6] - deps: fix typo in zlib.gyp that break arm-fpu-neon build (lucasg) #35659
• [1e8dfb9d2c] - deps: upgrade to [email protected] (Guy Bedford) #35928
• [0356963f0e] - deps: update to [email protected] (Guy Bedford) #35901
• [172be4ffe0] - deps: upgrade to [email protected] (Guy Bedford) #35871
• [1f7740691d] - deps: update to [email protected] (Guy Bedford) #35745
• [47bd445e56] - doc: remove stray comma in url.md (Rich Trott) #36175
• [2f76a75fc6] - doc: revise agent.destroy() text (Rich Trott) #36163
• [72fb6f88ab] - doc: add compatibility/interop technical value (Geoffrey Booth) #35323
• [f5efd54727] - doc: de-emphasize wrapping in napi_define_class (Gabriel Schulhof) #36159
• [8a7c2b951d] - doc: clarify text about process not responding (Rich Trott) #36117
• [800e1db83d] - doc: esm docs consolidation and reordering (Guy Bedford) #36046
• [4fad888fe1] - doc: move shigeki to emeritus (Rich Trott) #36093
• [c088434b4d] - doc: document the error when cwd not exists in child_process.spawn (FeelyChau) #34505
• [4dbbbaa2e9] - doc: fix typo in debugger.md (Rich Trott) #36066
• [d796bc7348] - doc: update list styles for remark-parse@9 rendering (Rich Trott) #36049
• [6daf204f32] - doc: escape asterisk in cctest gtest-filter (raisinten) #36034
• [9470bf5872] - doc: move v8.getHeapCodeStatistics() (Rich Trott) #36027
• [30cd797c15] - doc: add note regarding file structure in src/README.md (Denys Otrishko) #35000
• [cddcfcde9f] - doc: advise users to import the full set of trusted release keys (Reşat SABIQ) #32655
• [1ca1f262a5] - doc: fix crypto doc linter errors (Antoine du Hamel) #36035
• [b11725eb9e] - doc: revise v8.getHeapSnapshot() (Rich Trott) #35849
• [990facbc3e] - doc: update core-validate-commit link in guide (Daijiro Wachi) #35938
• [773685c2a4] - doc: update benchmark CI test indicator in README (Rich Trott) #35945
• [c90571ff2a] - doc: add new wordings to the API description (Pooja D.P) #35588
• [6259c2d231] - doc: option --prof documentation help added (krank2me) #34991
• [98e4b77b89] - doc: fix release-schedule link in backport guide (Daijiro Wachi) #35920
• [51ce1a2fa8] - doc: update tables in README files for linting changes (Rich Trott) #35905
• [513bed2776] - doc: temporarily disable list-item-bullet-indent (Nick Schonning) #35647
• [733c9da1e9] - doc: disable no-undefined-references workarounds (Nick Schonning) #35647
• [6e1612fa15] - doc: adjust table alignment for remark v13 (Nick Schonning) #35647
• [a15dede26d] - doc: move bnoordhuis to emeritus (Ben Noordhuis) #35865
• [26e42939f2] - doc: add on statement in the APIs docs (Pooja D.P) #35610
• [9486f5fc37] - doc: move ronkorving to emeritus (Rich Trott) #35828
• [3f3d2d781b] - doc: recommend test-doc instead of lint-md (Antoine du Hamel) #35708
• [8131d954d9] - doc: fix reference to googletest test fixture (Tobias Nießen) #35813
• [34d6ca3bef] - doc: add conditional example for setBreakpoint() (Chris Opperwall) #35823
• [29849743b8] - doc: make small improvements to REPL doc (Rich Trott) #35808
• [02f9a2a77a] - doc: update MessagePort documentation for EventTarget inheritance (Anna Henningsen) #35839
• [9c7d4bd0f3] - doc: use case-sensitive in the example (Pooja D.P) #35624
• [600cffae3c] - doc: consolidate and clarify breakOnSigInt text (Rich Trott) #35787
• [0de3f564b2] - doc: add a subsystems header in pull-requests.md (Pooja D.P) #35718
• [47b4b2be29] - doc: add require statement in the example (Pooja D.P) #35554
• [77cfcba7c8] - doc: modified memory set statement set size (Pooja D.P) #35517
• [41937f76f0] - doc: use kbd element in readline doc prose (Rich Trott) #35737
• [eee62b05f6] - doc: fix header level in fs.md (ax1) #35771
• [63533d7d56] - doc: remove stability warning in v8 module doc (Rich Trott) #35774
• [62bf1a63d6] - doc: mark optional parameters in timers.md (Vse Mozhe Buty) #35764
• [4dc5e4a354] - doc: add a example code to API doc property (Pooja D.P) #35738
• [8ef0652566] - doc: update console.error example (Lee, Bonggi) #34964
• [47ba12265e] - doc: improve text for breakOnSigint (Rich Trott) #35692
• [c0d9756163] - doc: this prints replaced with this is printed (Pooja D.P) #35515
• [2feb86e635] - doc: update package.json field definitions (Myles Borins) #35741
• [d0d67c67c0] - doc: add Installing Node.js header in BUILDING.md (Pooja D.P) #35710
• [7c089ad04c] - doc: use kbd element in readline doc (Rich Trott) #35698
• [ba623ef35a] - doc: add release key for Danielle Adams (Danielle Adams) #35545
• [df4043bed3] - doc: use kbd element in os doc (Rich Trott) #35656
• [4d72e982de] - doc: add a statement in the documentation. (Pooja D.P) #35585
• [238885288d] - doc: clarify experimental API elements in vm.md (Rich Trott) #35594
• [806a269a83] - doc: importModuleDynamically gets Script, not Module (Simen Bekkhus) #35593
• [6c4e697f56] - doc: fix EventEmitter examples (Sourav Shaw) #33513
• [f6ebd81693] - doc: add example code for process.getgroups() (Pooja D.P) #35625
• [2c342662e5] - doc: use kbd element in tty doc (Rich Trott) #35613
• [f723335f9e] - doc: remove documentation for stream._construct() (Luigi Pinca) #36119
• [e71b4baa88] - doc: Remove reference to io.js (Hussaina Begum Nandyala) #35618
• [4faf71b474] - doc,crypto: added sign/verify method changes about dsaEncoding (Filip Skokan) #35480
• [e9d485f878] - doc,esm: document experimental warning removal (Antoine du Hamel) #35750
• [17c3fc67cf] - doc,fs: document value of stats.isDirectory on symbolic links (coderaiser) #27413
• [fc17ead531] - doc,net: document socket.timeout (Brandon Kobel) #34543
• [dc589b541f] - doc,src,test: revise C++ code for linter update (Rich Trott) #35719
• [0a944a42c0] - doc,stream: write(chunk, encoding, cb) encoding can be null (dev-script) #35372
• [be79250aad] - doc,test: update v8 method doc and comment (Rich Trott) #35795
• [8fdf077efc] - doc,url: fix url.hostname example (Rishabh Mehan) #33735
• [3a08afc402] - domain: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #35885
• [8d672b8e53] - esm: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #36019
• [570a8bfe12] - events: port some wpt tests (Benjamin Gruenbaum) #33621
• [8ef4557c65] - events: make eventTarget.removeAllListeners() return this (Luigi Pinca) #35805
• [d27e56356b] - fs: remove experimental from promises.rmdir recursive (Anders Kaseorg) #36131
• [8d84bdc46b] - fs: filehandle read now accepts object as argument (Nikola Glavina) #34180
• [7c3b6f17e3] - fs: replace finally with PromisePrototypeFinally (Baruch Odem (Rothkoff)) #35995
• [2f692c4cc6] - fs: remove unnecessary Function#bind() in fs/promises (Ben Noordhuis) #35208
• [5f0c8142b7] - fs: remove unused assignment (Rich Trott) #35642
• [e2b8734d20] - gyp,build: consistent shared library location (Rod Vagg) #35635
• [45aee0d25e] - http: fix typo in comment (Hollow Man) #36193
• [b58725c4c0] - http: lazy create IncomingMessage.headers (Robert Nagy) #35281
• [71c3efe278] - http2: check write not scheduled in scope destructor (David Halls) #36241
• [ab2b066fc1] - http2: delay session.receive() by a tick (Szymon Marczak) #35985
• [c4e17cfa25] - http2: add has method to proxySocketHandler (masx200) #35197
• [c455b848d9] - http2: centralise socket event binding in Http2Session (Momtchil Momtchev) #35772
• [dce01fd27f] - http2: move events to the JSStreamSocket (Momtchil Momtchev) #35772
• [92bd7b522a] - http2: fix error stream write followed by destroy (David Halls) #35951
• [ec9fae96bc] - http2: fix reinjection check (Momtchil Momtchev) #35678
• [57f2fe0609] - http2: reinject data received before http2 is attached (Momtchil Momtchev) #35678
• [2dbaaf92e5] - http2: remove unsupported %.* specifier (Momtchil Momtchev) #35694
• [de3c8045ac] - lib: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #35875
• [41d997cc72] - lib: use primordials when calling methods of Error (Antoine du Hamel) #35837
• [d58a466da0] - lib: honor setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback (Gireesh Punathil) #35595
• [1fdf72765b] - module: only try to enrich CJS syntax errors (Michaël Zasso) #35691
• [81b0562c62] - n-api: clean up binding creation (Gabriel Schulhof) #36170
• [7a01e241ee] - n-api: fix test_async_context warnings (Gabriel Schulhof) #36171
• [dde727e72f] - n-api: improve consistency of how we get context (Michael Dawson) #36068
• [08657e7e11] - n-api: factor out calling pattern (Gabriel Schulhof) #36113
• [88aa4e0d25] - n-api: unlink reference during its destructor (Gabriel Schulhof) #35933
• [1cb50c17d3] - n-api: napi_make_callback emit async init with resource of async_context (legendecas) #32930
• [f1e84f4dd8] - n-api: revert change to finalization (Michael Dawson) #35777
• [e16124979d] - querystring: reduce memory usage by Int8Array (sapics) #34179
• [5c81a1071e] - src: refactor using-declarations node_env_var.cc (raisinten) #36128
• [2770cd941e] - src: remove duplicate logic for getting buffer (Yash Ladha) #34553
• [f2300390aa] - src: create helper for reading Uint32BE (Juan José Arboleda) #34944
• [34c870e9f0] - src: use MaybeLocal.ToLocal instead of IsEmpty (Daniel Bevenius) #35716
• [00d9499b14] - src: large pages support in illumos/solaris systems (David Carlier) #34320
• [7c99885a9b] - stream: fix thrown object reference (Gil Pedersen) #36065
• [1cefb7e710] - stream: fix regression on duplex end (Momtchil Momtchev) #35941
• [d1fd3f27e4] - stream: remove redundant context from comments (Yash Ladha) #35728
• [fb14acb22c] - stream: move to internal/streams (Matteo Collina) #35239
• [40d59281f7] - test: update comments in test-fs-read-offset-null (Rich Trott) #36152
• [a563f79d80] - test: fix typo in inspector-helper.js (Luigi Pinca) #36127
• [3e77536c6b] - test: deflake test-http-destroyed-socket-write2 (Luigi Pinca) #36120
• [402e29a87c] - test: make test-http2-client-jsstream-destroy.js reliable (Rich Trott) #36129
• [b6aa42c349] - test: add test for fs.read when offset key is null (mayank agarwal) #35918
• [8516c2ef90] - test: improve test-stream-duplex-readable-end (Luigi Pinca) #36056
• [b53068ec0d] - test: add util.inspect test for null maxStringLength (Rich Trott) #36086
• [3029872631] - test: replace var with const (Aleksandr Krutko) #36069
• [b05cdfee64] - test: remove flaky designation for fixed test (Rich Trott) #35961
• [002005f537] - test: improve error message for policy failures (Bradley Meck) #35633
• [1453de1381] - test: update old comment style test_util.cc (raisinten) #35884
• [de375e16f4] - test: add missing ref comments to parallel.status (Rich Trott) #35896
• [cab65fbe63] - test: mark test-worker-eventlooputil flaky (Myles Borins) #35886
• [4ed4b64293] - test: mark test-http2-respond-file-error-pipe-offset flaky (Myles Borins) #35883
• [a5b94180fe] - test: fix reference to WPT testharness.js (Tobias Nießen) #35814
• [3bb7f3602b] - test: add onerror test cases to policy (Daijiro Wachi) #35797
• [0aba12218a] - test: add upstream test cases to encoding (Daijiro Wachi) #35794
• [f535d6252f] - test: add test for listen callback runtime binding (H Adinarayana) #35657
• [d62e72b341] - test: refactor test-https-host-headers (himself65) #32805
• [70cb70812d] - test: add common.mustSucceed (Tobias Nießen) #35086
• [226c1800a8] - test: check for AbortController existence (James M Snell) #35616
• [41aac465cc] - timers: correct explanation in comment (Turner Jabbour) #35437
• [713d1ebe75] - tools: bump [email protected] to [email protected] (Rich Trott) #36106
• [127a4fb810] - tools: only use 2 cores for macos action (Myles Borins) #36169
• [75e49b833b] - tools: remove bashisms from license builder script (Antoine du Hamel) #36122
• [28d6283f96] - tools: hide commit queue action link (Antoine du Hamel) #36124
• [b7441ea4d2] - tools: update doc tools to [email protected] (Rich Trott) #36049
• [5a41282ef5] - tools: enforce use of single quotes in editorconfig (Antoine du Hamel) #36020
• [23dd2b00dd] - tools: fix config serialization w/ long strings (Ole André Vadla Ravnås) #35982
• [4664681220] - tools: don't print gold linker warning w/o flag (Myles Borins) #35955
• [dfd6ad9d99] - tools: refloat 7 Node.js patches to cpplint.py (Rich Trott) #35866
• [d177cb3993] - tools: bump cpplint to 1.5.1 (Rich Trott) #35866
• [b19a85ed2a] - tools: add update-npm script (Myles Borins) #35822
• [07e5d35d14] - tools: refloat 7 Node.js patches to cpplint.py (Rich Trott) #35719
• [c7301533de] - tools: bump cpplint to 1.5.0 (Rich Trott) #35719
• [985efdfa09] - tools: update gyp-next to v0.6.2 (Michaël Zasso) #35690
• [baca8ee873] - tools: update gyp-next to v0.6.0 (Ujjwal Sharma) #35635
• [3e7598da9b] - tools,doc: enable ecmaVersion 2021 in acorn parser (Antoine du Hamel) #35994
• [dfb353b882] - util: fix to inspect getters that access this (raisinten) #36052
• [1906f19e49] - vm: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) #36023
• [ffe517b40d] - win, build: fix build time on Windows (Bartosz Sosnowski) #35932
• [c4c8541621] - win,build,tools: support VS prerelease (Baruch Odem) #36033
• [f59e225675] - zlib: test BrotliCompress throws invalid arg value (raisinten) #35830