V5.4.1 propose

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
 # Node.js ChangeLog
 
+## 2016-01-12, Version 5.4.1 (Stable), @TheAlphaNerd
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+* Minor performance improvements:
+  - **module**: move unnecessary work for early return (Andres Suarez) [#3579](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3579)
+* Various bug fixes
+* Various doc fixes
+* Various test improvements
+
+### Known issues
+
+* 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).
+* Unicode characters in filesystem paths are not handled consistently across platforms or Node.js APIs. See [#2088](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/2088), [#3401](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3401) and [#3519](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3519).
+
+### commits
+
+* [[`ff539c5bb5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff539c5bb5)] - **cluster**: ignore queryServer msgs on disconnection (Santiago Gimeno) [#4465](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4465)
+* [[`00148b3de1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/00148b3de1)] - **deps**: backport 066747e from upstream V8 (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#4625](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4625)
+* [[`3912b5cbda`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3912b5cbda)] - **doc**: adds usage of readline line-by-line parsing (Robert Jefe Lindstaedt) [#4609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4609)
+* [[`102fb7d3a1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/102fb7d3a1)] - **doc**: remove "above" and "below" references (Richard Sun) [#4499](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4499)
+* [[`df87176ae0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/df87176ae0)] - **doc**: update stylesheet to match frontpage (Roman Reiss) [#4621](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4621)
+* [[`ede98d1f98`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ede98d1f98)] - **doc**: stronger suggestion for userland assert (Wyatt Preul) [#4535](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4535)
+* [[`fdfc72c977`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fdfc72c977)] - **doc**: label http.IncomingMessage as a Class (Sequoia McDowell) [#4589](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4589)
+* [[`b181e26975`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b181e26975)] - **doc**: document http's server.listen return value (Sequoia McDowell) [#4590](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4590)
+* [[`97aaeb8519`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/97aaeb8519)] - **doc**: fix description about the latest-codename (Minwoo Jung) [#4583](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4583)
+* [[`0126615d1e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0126615d1e)] - **doc**: add Evan Lucas to Release Team (Evan Lucas) [#4579](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4579)
+* [[`ec73c69412`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ec73c69412)] - **doc**: add Myles Borins to Release Team (Myles Borins) [#4578](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4578)
+* [[`e703c9a4e2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e703c9a4e2)] - **doc**: bring releases.md up to date (cjihrig) [#4540](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4540)
+* [[`ac1108d5e7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ac1108d5e7)] - **doc**: add missing backtick for readline (Brian White) [#4549](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4549)
+* [[`09bc0c6a05`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/09bc0c6a05)] - **doc**: improvements to crypto.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4435](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4435)
+* [[`787c5d96bd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/787c5d96bd)] - **http**: remove variable redeclaration (Rich Trott) [#4612](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4612)
+* [[`145b66820f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/145b66820f)] - **module**: move unnecessary work for early return (Andres Suarez) [#3579](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3579)
+* [[`ffb7deb443`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffb7deb443)] - **net**: remove hot path comment from connect (Evan Lucas) [#4648](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4648)
+* [[`799aa74d90`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/799aa74d90)] - **net**: fix dns lookup for android (Josh Dague) [#4580](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4580)
+* [[`9accebe087`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9accebe087)] - **net, doc**: fix line wrapping lint in net.js (James M Snell) [#4588](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4588)
+* [[`37a546b490`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/37a546b490)] - **src**: remove redeclarations of variables (Rich Trott) [#4605](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4605)
+* [[`b515ccc2a1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b515ccc2a1)] - **stream**: remove useless if test in transform (zoubin) [#4617](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4617)
+* [[`ea6e26d904`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ea6e26d904)] - **test**: remove duplicate fork module import (Rich Trott) [#4634](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4634)
+* [[`b14b2aec5e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b14b2aec5e)] - **test**: require common module only once (Rich Trott) [#4611](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4611)
+* [[`f28a640505`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f28a640505)] - **test**: only include http module once (Rich Trott) [#4606](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4606)
+* [[`6f9a96f497`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f9a96f497)] - **test**: fix flaky unrefed timers test (Rich Trott) [#4599](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4599)
+* [[`b70eec8f7b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b70eec8f7b)] - **tls_legacy**: do not read on OpenSSL's stack (Fedor Indutny) [#4624](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4624)
+
 ## 2016-01-06, Version 5.4.0 (Stable), @Fishrock123
 
 ### Notable changes

README.md

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Binaries, installers, and source tarballs are available at
 <https://nodejs.org/download/release/>, listed under their version strings.
 The [latest](https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/) directory is an
 alias for the latest Stable release. The latest LTS release from an LTS
-line is available in the form: latest-lts-_codename_. For example:
-<https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest-lts-argon>
+line is available in the form: latest-_codename_. For example:
+<https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest-argon>
 
 **Nightly** builds are available at
 <https://nodejs.org/download/nightly/>, listed under their version
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ Releases of Node.js and io.js will be signed with one of the following GPG keys:
 * **Jeremiah Senkpiel** &lt;[email protected]&gt; `FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E`
 * **James M Snell** &lt;[email protected]&gt; `71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1`
 * **Rod Vagg** &lt;[email protected]&gt; `DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D`
+* **Myles Borins** &lt;[email protected]&gt; `792807C150954BF0299B289A38CE40DEEE898E15`
+* **Evan Lucas** &lt;[email protected]&gt; `B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9`
 
 The full set of trusted release keys can be imported by running:
 
@@ -454,6 +456,8 @@ gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 0034A06D9D9B0064CE8ADF6BF174
 gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys FD3A5288F042B6850C66B31F09FE44734EB7990E
 gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 71DCFD284A79C3B38668286BC97EC7A07EDE3FC1
 gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys DD8F2338BAE7501E3DD5AC78C273792F7D83545D
+gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 792807C150954BF0299B289A38CE40DEEE898E15
+gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys B9AE9905FFD7803F25714661B63B535A4C206CA9
 ```
 
 See the section above on [Verifying Binaries](#verifying-binaries) for

doc/api/assert.markdown

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
     Stability: 3 - Locked
 
-The `assert` module provides a simple set of assertion tests that can be used
-to test invariants and implement unit tests. While the `assert` module is
-generally intended for internal use by Node.js itself, it can be used by user
-code calling `require('assert')`.
+The `assert` module provides a simple set of assertion tests that can be used to
+test invariants. The module is intended for internal use by Node.js, but can be
+used in application code via `require('assert')`. However, `assert` is not a
+testing framework, and is not intended to be used as a general purpose assertion
+library.
 
 The API for the `assert` module is [Locked][]. This means that there will be no
 additions or changes to any of the methods implemented and exposed by

doc/api/child_process.markdown

@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ function provides equivalent functionality in a synchronous manner that blocks
 the event loop until the spawned process either exits of is terminated.
 
 For convenience, the `child_process` module provides a handful of synchronous
-and asynchronous alternatives to `child_process.spawn()` and
-`child_process.spawnSync()`, each of which are documented fully [below][].
-*Note that each of these alternatives are implemented on top of
-`child_process.spawn()` or `child_process.spawnSync()`.*
+and asynchronous alternatives to [`child_process.spawn()`][] and
+[`child_process.spawnSync()`][].  *Note that each of these alternatives are
+implemented on top of `child_process.spawn()` or `child_process.spawnSync()`.*
 
   * `child_process.exec()`: spawns a shell and runs a command within that shell,
     passing the `stdout` and `stderr` to a callback function when complete.
@@ -222,7 +221,8 @@ spawned directly as a new process making it slightly more efficient than
     (Default: `process.execArgv`)
   * `silent` {Boolean} If true, stdin, stdout, and stderr of the child will be
     piped to the parent, otherwise they will be inherited from the parent, see
-    the `'pipe'` and `'inherit'` options for [`spawn()`][]'s [`stdio`][] for more details
+    the `'pipe'` and `'inherit'` options for [`spawn()`][]'s [`stdio`][] for
+    more details
     (default is false)
   * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).)
   * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).)
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ not clone the current process.*
   * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process
   * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs
   * `stdio` {Array|String} Child's stdio configuration. (See
-    [below](#child_process_options_stdio))
+    [`options.stdio`][])
   * `detached` {Boolean} Prepare child to run independently of its parent
     process. Specific behavior depends on the platform, see
-    [below](#child_process_options_detached))
+    [`options.detached`][])
   * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).)
   * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).)
 * return: {ChildProcess object}
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ to the same value.
 [`EventEmitters`]: events.html#events_class_events_eventemitter
 [`net.Server`]: net.html#net_class_net_server
 [`net.Socket`]: net.html#net_class_net_socket
+[`options.detached`]: #child_process_options_detached
+[`options.stdio`]: #child_process_options_stdio
 [`stdio`]: #child_process_options_stdio
-[below]: #child_process_asynchronous_process_creation
 [synchronous counterparts]: #child_process_synchronous_process_creation