V8 4.2 introduces some minor C++ API changes that make it necessary for
many native add-ons to recompile in order to be usable in v2.0.0+

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

PR-URL: #1532

Notable Changes:

* crypto: significantly reduced memory usage for TLS (Fedor Indutny & Сковорода
  Никита Андреевич) #1529
* net: socket.connect() now accepts a 'lookup' option for a custom DNS
  resolution mechanism, defaults to dns.lookup() (Evan Lucas) #1505
* npm: Upgrade npm to 2.9.0. See the v2.8.4 and v2.9.0 release notes for
  details. Notable items:
  - Add support for default author field to make npm init -y work without
    user-input (@othiym23) npm/npm/d8eee6cf9d
  - Include local modules in npm outdated and npm update (@ArnaudRinquin)
    npm/npm#7426
  - The prefix used before the version number on npm version is now configurable
    via tag-version-prefix (@kkragenbrink) npm/npm#8014
* os: os.tmpdir() is now cross-platform consistent and will no longer returns a
  path with a trailling slash on any platform (Christian Tellnes) #747
* process:
  - process.nextTick() performance has been improved by between 2-42% across the
    benchmark suite, notable because this is heavily used across core (Brian White) #1548
  - New process.geteuid(), process.seteuid(id), process.getegid() and
    process.setegid(id) methods allow you to get and set effective UID and GID
    of the process (Evan Lucas) #1536
* repl:
  - REPL history can be persisted across sessions if the NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE
    environment variable is set to a user accessible file,
    NODE_REPL_HISTORY_SIZE can set the maximum history size and defaults to 1000
    (Chris Dickinson) #1513
  - The REPL can be placed in to one of three modes using the NODE_REPL_MODE
    environment variable: sloppy, strict or magic (default); the new magic mode
    will automatically run "strict mode only" statements in strict mode
    (Chris Dickinson) #1513
* smalloc: the 'smalloc' module has been deprecated due to changes coming in V8
  4.4 that will render it unusable
* util: add Promise, Map and Set inspection support (Christopher Monsanto) #1471
* V8: upgrade to 4.2.77.18, see the ChangeLog for full details. Notable items:
  - Classes have moved out of staging; the class keyword is now usable in strict
    mode without flags
  - Object literal enhancements have moved out of staging; shorthand method and
    property syntax is now usable ({ method() { }, property })
  - Rest parameters (function(...args) {}) are implemented in staging behind the
    --harmony-rest-parameters flag
  - Computed property names ({['foo'+'bar']:'bam'}) are implemented in staging
    behind the --harmony-computed-property-names flag
  - Unicode escapes ('\u{xxxx}') are implemented in staging behind the
    --harmony_unicode flag and the --harmony_unicode_regexps flag for use in
    regular expressions
* Windows:
  - Random process termination on Windows fixed (Fedor Indutny) #1512 / #1563
  - The delay-load hook introduced to fix issues with process naming (iojs.exe /
    node.exe) has been made opt-out for native add-ons. Native add-ons should
    include 'win_delay_load_hook': 'false' in their binding.gyp to disable this
    feature if they experience problems . (Bert Belder) #1433
* Governance:
  - Rod Vagg (@rvagg) was added to the Technical Committee (TC)
  - Jeremiah Senkpiel (@Fishrock123) was added to the Technical Committee (TC)

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

Notable Changes:

* crypto: Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DHE) parameters ('dhparams') must now be
  1024 bits or longer or an error will be thrown. A warning will also be printed
  to the console if you supply less than 2048 bits. See https://weakdh.org/ for
  further context on this security concern. (Shigeki Ohtsu) nodejs#1739.
* node: A new --trace-sync-io command line flag will print a warning and a stack
  trace whenever a synchronous API is used. This can be used to track down
  synchronous calls that may be slowing down an application.
  (Trevor Norris) nodejs#1707.
* node: To allow for chaining of methods, the setTimeout(), setKeepAlive(),
  setNoDelay(), ref() and unref() methods used in 'net', 'dgram', 'http',
  'https' and 'tls' now return the current instance instead of undefined
  (Roman Reiss) nodejs#1779.
* util: A significant speed-up (in the order of 35%) for the common-case of a
  single string argument to util.format(), used by console.log()
  (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) nodejs#1749.

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

Notable Changes:

* crypto: Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DHE) parameters ('dhparams') must now be
  1024 bits or longer or an error will be thrown. A warning will also be printed
  to the console if you supply less than 2048 bits. See https://weakdh.org/ for
  further context on this security concern. (Shigeki Ohtsu) nodejs#1739.
* node: A new --trace-sync-io command line flag will print a warning and a stack
  trace whenever a synchronous API is used. This can be used to track down
  synchronous calls that may be slowing down an application.
  (Trevor Norris) nodejs#1707.
* node: To allow for chaining of methods, the setTimeout(), setKeepAlive(),
  setNoDelay(), ref() and unref() methods used in 'net', 'dgram', 'http',
  'https' and 'tls' now return the current instance instead of undefined
  (Roman Reiss & Evan Lucas) nodejs#1699 nodejs#1768 nodejs#1779.
* util: A significant speed-up (in the order of 35%) for the common-case of a
  single string argument to util.format(), used by console.log()
  (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) nodejs#1749.

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

Notable Changes:

* crypto: Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DHE) parameters ('dhparams') must now be
  1024 bits or longer or an error will be thrown. A warning will also be printed
  to the console if you supply less than 2048 bits. See https://weakdh.org/ for
  further context on this security concern. (Shigeki Ohtsu) nodejs#1739.
* node: A new --trace-sync-io command line flag will print a warning and a stack
  trace whenever a synchronous API is used. This can be used to track down
  synchronous calls that may be slowing down an application.
  (Trevor Norris) nodejs#1707.
* node: To allow for chaining of methods, the setTimeout(), setKeepAlive(),
  setNoDelay(), ref() and unref() methods used in 'net', 'dgram', 'http',
  'https' and 'tls' now return the current instance instead of undefined
  (Roman Reiss & Evan Lucas) nodejs#1699 nodejs#1768 nodejs#1779.
* util: A significant speed-up (in the order of 35%) for the common-case of a
  single string argument to util.format(), used by console.log()
  (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) nodejs#1749.

PR-URL: nodejs#1532

Notable Changes:

* crypto: Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DHE) parameters ('dhparams') must now be
  1024 bits or longer or an error will be thrown. A warning will also be printed
  to the console if you supply less than 2048 bits. See https://weakdh.org/ for
  further context on this security concern. (Shigeki Ohtsu) nodejs#1739.
* node: A new --trace-sync-io command line flag will print a warning and a stack
  trace whenever a synchronous API is used. This can be used to track down
  synchronous calls that may be slowing down an application.
  (Trevor Norris) nodejs#1707.
* node: To allow for chaining of methods, the setTimeout(), setKeepAlive(),
  setNoDelay(), ref() and unref() methods used in 'net', 'dgram', 'http',
  'https' and 'tls' now return the current instance instead of undefined
  (Roman Reiss & Evan Lucas) nodejs#1699 nodejs#1768 nodejs#1779.
* npm: Upgraded to v2.10.1, release notes can be found in
  https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.10.1 and
  https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.10.0.
* util: A significant speed-up (in the order of 35%) for the common-case of a
  single string argument to util.format(), used by console.log()
  (Сковорода Никита Андреевич) nodejs#1749.