2016-02-22, Version 4.4.0 'Argon' (LTS)v4.4.0-rc.2

In December we announced that we would be doing a minor release in
order to get a number of voted on SEMVER-MINOR changes into LTS.
Our ability to release this was delayed due to the unforeseen security
release v4.3. We are quickly bumping to v4.4 in order to bring you the
features that we had committed to releasing.

Notable changes:

The SEMVER-MINOR changes include:
  * **deps**:
    - An update to v8 that introduces a new flag
      --perf_basic_prof_only_functions (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3609
  * **http**:
    - A new feature in http(s) agent that catches errors on
      *keep alived* connections (José F. Romaniello)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482
  * **src**:
    - Better support for Big-Endian systems (Bryon Leung)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3410
  * **tls**:
    - A new feature that allows you to pass common SSL options to
      `tls.createSecurePair` (Коренберг Марк)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2441

Notable semver patch changes include:

  * **npm**
    - upgrade to npm 2.14.19 (Kat Marchán)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5335
  * **https**:
    - A potential fix for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3692)
      HTTP/HTTPS client requests throwing EPROTO (Fedor Indutny)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4982
  * **process**:
    - Add support for symbols in event emitters. Symbols didn't exist
      when it was written ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (cjihrig)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4798
  * **querystring**:
    - querystring.parse() is now 13-22% faster! (Brian White)
      https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4675

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5301

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 # Node.js ChangeLog
 
+## 2016-02-22, Version 4.4.0 'Argon' (LTS), @thealphanerd
+
+In December we announced that we would be doing a minor release in order to
+get a number of voted on SEMVER-MINOR changes into LTS. Our ability to release this
+was delayed due to the unforeseen security release v4.3. We are quickly bumping to
+v4.4 in order to bring you the features that we had committed to releasing.
+
+### Notable changes
+
+The SEMVER-MINOR changes include:
+  * **deps**: 
+    - An update to v8 that introduces a new flag --perf_basic_prof_only_functions (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#3609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3609)
+  * **http**:
+    - A new feature in http(s) agent that catches errors on *keep alived* connections (José F. Romaniello) [#4482](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482)
+  * **src**:
+    - Better support for Big-Endian systems (Bryon Leung) [#3410](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3410)
+  * **tls**:
+    - A new feature that allows you to pass common SSL options to `tls.createSecurePair` (Коренберг Марк) [#2441](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2441)
+
+Notable semver patch changes include:
+
+  * **npm**
+    - upgrade to npm 2.14.19 (Kat Marchán) [#5335](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5335)
+  * **https**:
+    - A potential fix for [#3692](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3692) HTTP/HTTPS client requests throwing EPROTO (Fedor Indutny) [#4982](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4982)
+  * **process**:
+    - Add support for symbols in event emitters. Symbols didn't exist when it was written ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (cjihrig) [#4798](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4798)
+  * **querystring**: 
+    - querystring.parse() is now 13-22% faster! (Brian White) [#4675](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4675)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`a29f501aa2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a29f501aa2)] - **benchmark**: add a constant declaration for `net` (Minwoo Jung) [#3950](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3950)
+* [[`fae7c9db3f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fae7c9db3f)] - **buffer**: refactor redeclared variables (Rich Trott) [#4886](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4886)
+* [[`a7955d5071`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a7955d5071)] - **crypto**: fix memory leak in LoadPKCS12 (Fedor Indutny) [#5109](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5109)
+* [[`5d9c1cf001`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5d9c1cf001)] - **crypto**: add `pfx` certs as CA certs too (Fedor Indutny) [#5109](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5109)
+* [[`ab5cb0539b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ab5cb0539b)] - **crypto**: use SSL_CTX_clear_extra_chain_certs. (Adam Langley) [#4919](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4919)
+* [[`198928eb9f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/198928eb9f)] - **crypto**: fix build when OCSP-stapling not provided (Adam Langley) [#4914](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4914)
+* [[`b8e1089df0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b8e1089df0)] - **crypto**: use a const SSL_CIPHER (Adam Langley) [#4913](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4913)
+* [[`e591a0927f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e591a0927f)] - **deps**: upgrade to npm 2.14.19 (Kat Marchán) [#5335](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5335)
+* [[`a5ce67a0aa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5ce67a0aa)] - **deps**: upgrade to npm 2.14.18 (Kat Marchán) [#5245](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5245)
+* [[`469db021f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/469db021f7)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **deps**: backport 9da3ab6 from V8 upstream (Ali Ijaz Sheikh) [#3609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3609)
+* [[`3ca04a5de9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ca04a5de9)] - **deps**: backport 8d00c2c from v8 upstream (Gibson Fahnestock) [#5024](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5024)
+* [[`60e0bd4be9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60e0bd4be9)] - **deps**: upgrade to npm 2.14.17 (Kat Marchán) [#5110](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5110)
+* [[`976b9a9ab3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/976b9a9ab3)] - **deps**: upgrade to npm 2.14.16 (Kat Marchán) [#4960](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4960)
+* [[`38b370abea`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/38b370abea)] - **deps**: upgrade to npm 2.14.15 (Kat Marchán) [#4872](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4872)
+* [[`82f549ef81`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/82f549ef81)] - **dgram**: scope redeclared variables (Rich Trott) [#4940](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4940)
+* [[`063e14b568`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/063e14b568)] - **dns**: throw a TypeError in lookupService with invalid port (Evan Lucas) [#4839](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4839)
+* [[`2043e6a63c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2043e6a63c)] - **doc**: clarify child_process.execFile{,Sync} file arg (Kevin Locke) [#5310](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5310)
+* [[`8c732ad1e1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c732ad1e1)] - **doc**: fix buf.length slice example (Chinedu Francis Nwafili) [#5259](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5259)
+* [[`6c27c78b8b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6c27c78b8b)] - **doc**: fix buffer\[index\] example (Chinedu Francis Nwafili) [#5253](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5253)
+* [[`7765f99683`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7765f99683)] - **doc**: fix template string (Rafael Cepeda) [#5240](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5240)
+* [[`d15ef20162`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d15ef20162)] - **doc**: improvements to console.markdown copy (Alexander Makarenko) [#5225](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5225)
+* [[`593206a752`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/593206a752)] - **doc**: fix net.createConnection() example (Brian White) [#5219](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5219)
+* [[`464636b5c5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/464636b5c5)] - **doc**: improve scrolling, various CSS tweaks (Roman Reiss) [#5198](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5198)
+* [[`f615cd5b0b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f615cd5b0b)] - **doc**: console is asynchronous unless it's a file (Ben Noordhuis) [#5133](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5133)
+* [[`fbed0d11f1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fbed0d11f1)] - **doc**: merging behavior of writeHead vs setHeader (Alejandro Oviedo) [#5081](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5081)
+* [[`b0bb42bd7d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b0bb42bd7d)] - **doc**: fix reference to API `hash.final` (Minwoo Jung) [#5050](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5050)
+* [[`dee5045221`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dee5045221)] - **doc**: uppercase 'RSA-SHA256' in crypto.markdown (Rainer Oviir) [#5044](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5044)
+* [[`498052a017`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/498052a017)] - **doc**: consistent styling for functions in TLS docs (Alexander Makarenko) [#5000](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5000)
+* [[`031277e6f8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/031277e6f8)] - **doc**: apply consistent styling for functions (Rich Trott) [#4974](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4974)
+* [[`808fe0ea48`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/808fe0ea48)] - **doc**: fix `notDeepEqual` API (Minwoo Jung) [#4971](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4971)
+* [[`5b9025689f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5b9025689f)] - **doc**: show links consistently in deprecations (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#4907](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4907)
+* [[`3a1865db5e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3a1865db5e)] - **doc**: don't use "interface" as a variable name (ChALkeR) [#4900](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4900)
+* [[`90715c3d68`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/90715c3d68)] - **doc**: keep the names in sorted order (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#4876](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4876)
+* [[`d8b3b25c9c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d8b3b25c9c)] - **doc**: fix JSON generation for aliased methods (Timothy Gu) [#4871](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4871)
+* [[`7b763c8d25`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7b763c8d25)] - **doc**: fix code type of markdowns (Jackson Tian) [#4858](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4858)
+* [[`37d4e7afc2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/37d4e7afc2)] - **doc**: check for errors in 'listen' event (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#4834](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4834)
+* [[`3f876b104c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3f876b104c)] - **doc**: Examples work when data exceeds buffer size (Glen Arrowsmith) [#4811](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4811)
+* [[`e3e20422a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e3e20422a7)] - **doc**: harmonize $ node command line notation (Robert Jefe Lindstaedt) [#4806](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4806)
+* [[`73e0195cef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/73e0195cef)] - **doc**: fix type references for link gen, link css (Claudio Rodriguez) [#4741](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4741)
+* [[`0bdac429e1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0bdac429e1)] - **doc**: multiple improvements in Stream docs (Alexander Makarenko) [#5009](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5009)
+* [[`693c16fb6b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/693c16fb6b)] - **doc**: fix anchor links from stream to http and events (piepmatz) [#5007](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5007)
+* [[`5fb533522c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5fb533522c)] - **doc**: replace function expressions with arrows (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#4832](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4832)
+* [[`e3572fb809`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e3572fb809)] - **doc**: fix links order in Buffer doc (Alexander Makarenko) [#5076](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5076)
+* [[`5c936ab765`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5c936ab765)] - **doc**: clarify optional arguments of Buffer methods (Michaël Zasso) [#5008](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5008)
+* [[`6df350c2b3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6df350c2b3)] - **doc**: improve styling consistency in Buffer docs (Alexander Makarenko) [#5001](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5001)
+* [[`047f4a157f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/047f4a157f)] - **doc**: make buffer methods styles consistent (Timothy Gu) [#4873](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4873)
+* [[`4cfc017b90`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4cfc017b90)] - **doc**: fix nonsensical grammar in Buffer::write (Jimb Esser) [#4863](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4863)
+* [[`9087f6daca`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9087f6daca)] - **doc**: fix named anchors in addons.markdown and http.markdown (Michael Theriot) [#4708](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4708)
+* [[`4c8713ce58`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4c8713ce58)] - **doc**: add buf.indexOf encoding param with example (Karl Skomski) [#3373](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3373)
+* [[`1819d74491`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1819d74491)] - **doc**: fenced all code blocks, typo fixes (Robert Jefe Lindstaedt) [#4733](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4733)
+* [[`961735e645`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/961735e645)] - **doc**: make references clickable (Roman Klauke) [#4654](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4654)
+* [[`7e80442483`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7e80442483)] - **doc**: improve child_process.execFile() code example (Ryan Sobol) [#4504](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4504)
+* [[`de9ad5b39d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/de9ad5b39d)] - **doc**: remove "above" and "below" references (Richard Sun) [#4499](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4499)
+* [[`c549ca3b69`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c549ca3b69)] - **doc**: fix heading level error in Buffer doc (Shigeki Ohtsu) [#4537](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4537)
+* [[`a613bae14c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a613bae14c)] - **doc**: improvements to crypto.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4435](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4435)
+* [[`18f580d0c1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/18f580d0c1)] - **doc**: improve child_process.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4383](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4383)
+* [[`a929837311`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a929837311)] - **doc**: improvements to buffer.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4370](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4370)
+* [[`a22f688407`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a22f688407)] - **doc**: improve addons.markdown copy (James M Snell) [#4320](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4320)
+* [[`94c2de47b1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/94c2de47b1)] - **doc**: update process.send() signature (cjihrig) [#5284](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5284)
+* [[`4e1926cb08`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e1926cb08)] - **doc**: replace node-forward link in CONTRIBUTING.md (Ben Noordhuis) [#5227](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5227)
+* [[`e1713e81e5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e1713e81e5)] - **doc**: fix minor inconsistencies in repl doc (Rich Trott) [#5193](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5193)
+* [[`b2e72c0d92`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b2e72c0d92)] - **doc**: clarify exceptions during uncaughtException (Noah Rose) [#5180](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5180)
+* [[`c3c549836a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c3c549836a)] - **doc**: update DCO to v1.1 (Mikeal Rogers) [#5170](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5170)
+* [[`9dd35ad594`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9dd35ad594)] - **doc**: fix dgram doc indentation (Rich Trott) [#5118](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5118)
+* [[`eed830702c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eed830702c)] - **doc**: fix typo in dgram doc (Rich Trott) [#5114](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5114)
+* [[`abfb2f5864`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/abfb2f5864)] - **doc**: fix link in cluster documentation (Timothy Gu) [#5068](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5068)
+* [[`8b040b5bb2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8b040b5bb2)] - **doc**: fix minor typo in process doc (Prayag Verma) [#5018](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5018)
+* [[`47eebe1d80`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/47eebe1d80)] - **doc**: fix typo in Readme.md (Prayag Verma) [#5017](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5017)
+* [[`2b97ff89a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2b97ff89a6)] - **doc**: minor improvement in OS docs (Alexander Makarenko) [#5006](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5006)
+* [[`9a5d58b89e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9a5d58b89e)] - **doc**: improve styling consistency in VM docs (Alexander Makarenko) [#5005](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5005)
+* [[`960e1bab98`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/960e1bab98)] - **doc**: minor improvement to HTTPS doc (Alexander Makarenko) [#5002](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5002)
+* [[`6048b011e8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6048b011e8)] - **doc**: spell writable consistently (Peter Lyons) [#4954](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4954)
+* [[`7b8f904167`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7b8f904167)] - **doc**: update eol handling in readline (Kári Tristan Helgason) [#4927](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4927)
+* [[`83efd0d4d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/83efd0d4d1)] - **doc**: add more details to process.env (Evan Lucas) [#4924](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4924)
+* [[`b2d2c0b588`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b2d2c0b588)] - **doc**: undo move http.IncomingMessage.statusMessage (Jeff Harris) [#4822](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4822)
+* [[`b091c41b53`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b091c41b53)] - **doc**: proper markdown escaping -> \_\_, \*, \_ (Robert Jefe Lindstaedt) [#4805](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4805)
+* [[`0887208290`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0887208290)] - **doc**: remove unnecessary bind(this) (Dmitriy Lazarev) [#4797](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4797)
+* [[`f3e3c70bca`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f3e3c70bca)] - **doc**: Update small error in LICENSE for npm (Kat Marchán) [#4872](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4872)
+* [[`0f3b8ca192`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0f3b8ca192)] - **fs**: refactor redeclared variables (Rich Trott) [#4959](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4959)
+* [[`567ced9ef0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/567ced9ef0)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **http**: handle errors on idle sockets (José F. Romaniello) [#4482](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482)
+* [[`de5177ccb8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/de5177ccb8)] - **https**: evict cached sessions on error (Fedor Indutny) [#4982](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4982)
+* [[`360e04fd5a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/360e04fd5a)] - **internal/child_process**: call postSend on error (Fedor Indutny) [#4752](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4752)
+* [[`ea16d8d7c5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ea16d8d7c5)] - **lib**: remove string_decoder.js var redeclarations (Rich Trott) [#4978](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4978)
+* [[`1389660ab3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1389660ab3)] - **lib**: scope loop variables (Rich Trott) [#4965](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4965)
+* [[`59255d7218`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/59255d7218)] - **lib**: use arrow functions instead of bind (Minwoo Jung) [#3622](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3622)
+* [[`fd26960aab`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fd26960aab)] - **lib,test**: remove extra semicolons (Michaël Zasso) [#2205](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2205)
+* [[`9646d26ffd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9646d26ffd)] - **module**: refactor redeclared variable (Rich Trott) [#4962](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4962)
+* [[`824c402174`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/824c402174)] - **net**: refactor redeclared variables (Rich Trott) [#4963](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4963)
+* [[`96f306f3cf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/96f306f3cf)] - **net**: move isLegalPort to internal/net (Evan Lucas) [#4882](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4882)
+* [[`7a2e8f4356`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7a2e8f4356)] - **process**: support symbol events (cjihrig) [#4798](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4798)
+* [[`c9e2dce247`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c9e2dce247)] - **querystring**: improve parse() performance (Brian White) [#4675](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4675)
+* [[`18542c41fe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/18542c41fe)] - **repl**: remove variable redeclaration (Rich Trott) [#4977](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4977)
+* [[`10be8dc360`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/10be8dc360)] - **src**: force line buffering for stderr (Rich Trott) [#3701](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3701)
+* [[`7958664e85`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7958664e85)] - **src**: clean up usage of __proto__ (Jackson Tian) [#5069](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5069)
+* [[`4e0a0d51b3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e0a0d51b3)] - **src**: remove no longer relevant comments (Chris911) [#4843](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4843)
+* [[`51c8bc8abc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/51c8bc8abc)] - **src**: remove __builtin_bswap16 call (Ben Noordhuis) [#4290](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4290)
+* [[`5e1976e37c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5e1976e37c)] - **src**: remove unused BITS_PER_LONG macro (Ben Noordhuis) [#4290](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4290)
+* [[`c18ef54d88`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c18ef54d88)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **src**: add BE support to StringBytes::Encode() (Bryon Leung) [#3410](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3410)
+* [[`538c4756a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/538c4756a7)] - **stream**: refactor redeclared variables (Rich Trott) [#4816](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4816)
+* [[`1647113d7a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1647113d7a)] - **test**: refactor test-http-destroyed-socket-write2 (Santiago Gimeno) [#4970](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4970)
+* [[`07dc2b50e2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/07dc2b50e2)] - **test**: shorten path for bogus socket (Rich Trott) [#4478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4478)
+* [[`47e7c8c359`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/47e7c8c359)] - **test**: mark test-http-regr-gh-2928 flaky (Rich Trott) [#5280](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5280)
+* [[`9dbd66f7ef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9dbd66f7ef)] - **test**: mark test-http-agent flaky (Rich Trott) [#5209](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5209)
+* [[`98049876b5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/98049876b5)] - **test**: minimal repl eval option test (Rich Trott) [#5192](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5192)
+* [[`ae3185b8ac`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ae3185b8ac)] - **test**: disable fs watch tests for AIX (Michael Dawson) [#5187](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5187)
+* [[`b639c3345b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b639c3345b)] - **test**: fix child-process-fork-regr-gh-2847 again (Santiago Gimeno) [#5179](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5179)
+* [[`8be3afc474`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8be3afc474)] - **test**: fix flaky test-http-regr-gh-2928 (Rich Trott) [#5154](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5154)
+* [[`46dc12bdcc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/46dc12bdcc)] - **test**: enable to work pkcs12 test in FIPS mode (Shigeki Ohtsu) [#5150](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5150)
+* [[`e19b8ea692`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e19b8ea692)] - **test**: remove unneeded common.indirectInstanceOf() (Rich Trott) [#5149](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5149)
+* [[`6072d2e15e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6072d2e15e)] - **test**: disable gh-5100 test when in FIPS mode (Fedor Indutny) [#5144](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5144)
+* [[`a8417a2787`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a8417a2787)] - **test**: fix flaky test-dgram-pingpong (Rich Trott) [#5125](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5125)
+* [[`9db67a6a44`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9db67a6a44)] - **test**: fix child-process-fork-regr-gh-2847 (Santiago Gimeno) [#5121](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5121)
+* [[`69150caedc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/69150caedc)] - **test**: don't run test-tick-processor.js on Aix (Michael Dawson) [#5093](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5093)
+* [[`4a492b96b1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4a492b96b1)] - **test**: mark flaky tests on Raspberry Pi (Rich Trott) [#5082](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5082)
+* [[`4301f2cdc2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4301f2cdc2)] - **test**: fix inconsistent styling in test-url (Brian White) [#5014](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5014)
+* [[`865baaed60`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/865baaed60)] - **test**: fix redeclared vars in sequential tests (Rich Trott) [#4999](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4999)
+* [[`663e852c1b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/663e852c1b)] - **test**: pummel test fixes (Rich Trott) [#4998](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4998)
+* [[`72d38a4a38`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/72d38a4a38)] - **test**: fix redeclared vars in test-vm-* (Rich Trott) [#4997](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4997)
+* [[`97ddfa2b6e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/97ddfa2b6e)] - **test**: fix redeclared vars in test-url (Rich Trott) [#4993](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4993)
+* [[`43d4db4314`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/43d4db4314)] - **test**: fix redeclared test-util-* vars (Rich Trott) [#4994](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4994)
+* [[`88fae38d0c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/88fae38d0c)] - **test**: fix variable redeclarations (Rich Trott) [#4992](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4992)
+* [[`58595f146a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/58595f146a)] - **test**: fix redeclared test-path vars (Rich Trott) [#4991](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4991)
+* [[`2b711d51fa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2b711d51fa)] - **test**: fix var redeclarations in test-os (Rich Trott) [#4990](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4990)
+* [[`bd9e2c31d6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bd9e2c31d6)] - **test**: fix test-net-* variable redeclarations (Rich Trott) [#4989](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4989)
+* [[`d67ab81882`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d67ab81882)] - **test**: fix redeclared test-intl var (Rich Trott) [#4988](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4988)
+* [[`d6dbb2fae7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d6dbb2fae7)] - **test**: fix redeclared test-http-* vars (Rich Trott) [#4987](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4987)
+* [[`ecaa89a8cb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ecaa89a8cb)] - **test**: fix redeclared test-event-emitter-* vars (Rich Trott) [#4985](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4985)
+* [[`299c729371`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/299c729371)] - **test**: remove redeclared var in test-domain (Rich Trott) [#4984](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4984)
+* [[`35a4a203bf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/35a4a203bf)] - **test**: remove var redeclarations in test-crypto-* (Rich Trott) [#4981](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4981)
+* [[`1d56b74af0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1d56b74af0)] - **test**: remove test-cluster-* var redeclarations (Rich Trott) [#4980](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4980)
+* [[`0ce12cc1ec`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ce12cc1ec)] - **test**: fix test-http-extra-response flakiness (Santiago Gimeno) [#4979](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4979)
+* [[`c6b4bf138c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c6b4bf138c)] - **test**: scope redeclared vars in test-child-process* (Rich Trott) [#4944](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4944)
+* [[`7654c171c7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7654c171c7)] - **test**: refactor switch (Rich Trott) [#4870](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4870)
+* [[`226dfef690`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/226dfef690)] - **test**: add common.platformTimeout() to dgram test (Rich Trott) [#4938](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4938)
+* [[`fb14bac662`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fb14bac662)] - **test**: fix flaky cluster test on Windows 10 (Rich Trott) [#4934](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4934)
+* [[`f5d29d7ac4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f5d29d7ac4)] - **test**: Add assertion for TLS peer certificate fingerprint (Alan Cohen) [#4923](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4923)
+* [[`618427cea6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/618427cea6)] - **test**: fix test-tls-zero-clear-in flakiness (Santiago Gimeno) [#4888](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4888)
+* [[`8700c39c70`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8700c39c70)] - **test**: fix irregular whitespace issue (Roman Reiss) [#4864](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4864)
+* [[`2b026c9d5a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2b026c9d5a)] - **test**: fs.link() test runs on same device (Drew Folta) [#4861](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4861)
+* [[`80a637ac4d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/80a637ac4d)] - **test**: scope redeclared variable (Rich Trott) [#4854](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4854)
+* [[`8c4903d4ef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c4903d4ef)] - **test**: update arrow function style (cjihrig) [#4813](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4813)
+* [[`0a44e6a447`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0a44e6a447)] - **test**: mark test-tick-processor flaky (Rich Trott) [#4809](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4809)
+* [[`363460616c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/363460616c)] - **test**: refactor test-net-settimeout (Rich Trott) [#4799](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4799)
+* [[`6841d82c22`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6841d82c22)] - **test**: remove race condition in http flood test (Rich Trott) [#4793](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4793)
+* [[`b5bae32847`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b5bae32847)] - **test**: remove test-http-exit-delay (Rich Trott) [#4786](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4786)
+* [[`60514f9521`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60514f9521)] - **test**: refactor test-fs-watch (Rich Trott) [#4776](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4776)
+* [[`2a3a431119`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2a3a431119)] - **test**: fix `net-socket-timeout-unref` flakiness (Santiago Gimeno) [#4772](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4772)
+* [[`9e6f3632a1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9e6f3632a1)] - **test**: remove Object.observe from tests (Vladimir Kurchatkin) [#4769](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4769)
+* [[`f78daa67b8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f78daa67b8)] - **test**: make npm tests work on prerelease node versions (Kat Marchán) [#4960](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4960)
+* [[`1c03191b6a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c03191b6a)] - **test**: make npm tests work on prerelease node versions (Kat Marchán) [#4872](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4872)
+* [[`d9c22cc896`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d9c22cc896)] - **test,buffer**: refactor redeclarations (Rich Trott) [#4893](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4893)
+* [[`c0f5f01c9c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0f5f01c9c)] - **tls**: scope loop vars with let (Rich Trott) [#4853](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4853)
+* [[`c86627e0d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c86627e0d1)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **tls**: add `options` argument to createSecurePair (Коренберг Марк) [#2441](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2441)
+* [[`c908ff36f4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c908ff36f4)] - **tls_wrap**: reach error reporting for UV_EPROTO (Fedor Indutny) [#4885](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4885)
+* [[`154772cfa8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/154772cfa8)] - **tools**: parse types into links in doc html gen (Claudio Rodriguez) [#4741](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4741)
+* [[`9237b6e38a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9237b6e38a)] - **tools**: fix warning in doc parsing (Shigeki Ohtsu) [#4537](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4537)
+* [[`c653cc0c03`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c653cc0c03)] - **tools**: add recommended ES6 lint rules (Rich Trott) [#5210](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5210)
+* [[`993d9b7df0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/993d9b7df0)] - **tools**: add recommended linting rules (Rich Trott) [#5188](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5188)
+* [[`8423125223`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8423125223)] - **tools**: remove excessive comments from .eslintrc (Rich Trott) [#5151](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5151)
+* [[`4c687c98e4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4c687c98e4)] - **tools**: enable no-proto rule for linter (Jackson Tian) [#5140](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5140)
+* [[`28e4e6f312`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/28e4e6f312)] - **tools**: disallow mixed spaces and tabs for indents (Rich Trott) [#5135](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5135)
+* [[`50c6fe8604`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/50c6fe8604)] - **tools**: alphabetize eslint stylistic issues section (Rich Trott) 
+* [[`ee594f1ed7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ee594f1ed7)] - **tools**: lint for empty character classes in regex (Rich Trott) [#5115](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5115)
+* [[`bf0e239e99`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bf0e239e99)] - **tools**: lint for spacing around unary operators (Rich Trott) [#5063](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5063)
+* [[`6345acb792`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6345acb792)] - **tools**: enable no-redeclare rule for linter (Rich Trott) [#5047](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5047)
+* [[`1dae175b62`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1dae175b62)] - **tools**: fix redeclared vars in doc/json.js (Rich Trott) [#5047](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5047)
+* [[`d1d220a1cf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1d220a1cf)] - **tools**: apply linting to doc tools (Rich Trott) [#4973](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4973)
+* [[`eddde1f60c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eddde1f60c)] - **tools**: fix detecting constructor for JSON doc (Timothy Gu) [#4966](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4966)
+* [[`bcb327c8dd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bcb327c8dd)] - **tools**: add property types in JSON documentation (Timothy Gu) [#4884](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4884)
+* [[`9a06a4c116`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9a06a4c116)] - **tools**: enable assorted ESLint error rules (Roman Reiss) [#4864](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4864)
+* [[`38474cfd49`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/38474cfd49)] - **tools**: add arrow function rules to eslint (cjihrig) [#4813](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4813)
+* [[`f898abaa4f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f898abaa4f)] - **tools**: fix setting path containing an ampersand (Brian White) [#4804](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4804)
+* [[`d10bee8e79`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d10bee8e79)] - **tools**: enable no-extra-semi rule in eslint (Michaël Zasso) [#2205](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2205)
+* [[`01006392cf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/01006392cf)] - **tools,doc**: fix linting errors (Rich Trott) [#5161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5161)
+* [[`57a5f8731a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/57a5f8731a)] - **url**: change scoping of variables with let (Kári Tristan Helgason) [#4867](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4867)
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 ## 2016-02-16, Version 4.3.1 'Argon' (LTS), @thealphanerd
 
 ### Notable changes
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 40f1fedf92b..4ce788f468f 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 4
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 3
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 2
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 4
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 1
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME "Argon"
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)