Release proposal: v1.4.3

[rvagg]

Mainly targetting improved Windows support, see #1005. Ideally we could knock off a few more of those failures in this release but it sounds like #1008 is enough on its own to warrant a 1.4.3. I can prioritise this within the next day (it may end up being tomorrow evening, PST).

• [ca3c50b789] - build: add basic arm64 support (Ben Noordhuis) #1028
• [08e89b1880] - doc: update AUTHORS list (Rod Vagg) #1018
• [ea02d90cd0] - doc: add julianduque as collaborator (Julian Duque) #1021
• [dfe7a17784] - doc: fix typos and sources in WORKING_GROUPS.md (&! (bitandbang)) #1022
• [6d26990d32] - doc: Clean up net.Socket (Ryan Scheel) #951
• [c380ac6e98] - doc: suggest alternatives to deprecated APs (Benjamin Gruenbaum) #1007
• [3d6440cf2a] - src: fix --without-ssl build (Ben Noordhuis) #1027
• [2b47fd2eb6] - stream_base: .writev() has limited support (Fedor Indutny) #1008

[Fishrock123]

Seems like we should get #1008 out by then if we can't fix the rest. +1

[snostorm]

We're ready for this via nodejs/iojs.org#252

[piscisaureus]

+1

[rvagg]

2015-03-02, Version 1.4.3, @rvagg

Notable changes

• stream: Fixes problems for platforms without writev() support, particularly Windows. Changes introduced in 1.4.1, via #926, broke some functionality for these platforms, this has now been addressed. #1008 (Fedor Indutny)
• arm: We have the very beginnings of ARMv8 / ARM64 / AARCH64 support. An upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2 is one requirement for full support. #1028 (Ben Noordhuis)
• Add new collaborator: Julian Duque (@julianduque)

Known issues

• Windows still reports some minor test failures and we are continuing to address all of these ASAP. See #1005.
• Surrogate pair in REPL can freeze terminal #690
• Not possible to build io.js as a static library #686
• process.send() is not synchronous as the docs suggest, a regression introduced in 1.0.2, see #760 and fix in #774
• Calling dns.setServers() while a DNS query is in progress can cause the process to crash on a failed assertion #894

Commits

[rvagg]

test run: https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+any-pr+multi/232/

[piscisaureus]

Tons of failures on windows :(

[rvagg]

• 11 failures Win2008: https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+any-pr+multi/232/nodes=iojs-win2008r2/console
• 9 failures Win2012: https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+any-pr+multi/232/nodes=iojs-win2012r2/console

Not making a whole lot of progress here, those timeouts could be knocked out in one go if someone has the time to figure it out.

I'm happy go ahead with the release pending tests on the other platforms.

/cc @indutny & @piscisaureus can you check my wording in Notable Items and Known Issues above please?

[rvagg]

@piscisaureus I'd love to have fewer failures on Windows but this is an incremental process. Would love to find more Windows contributors!

[snostorm]

I'll be offline for the night soon, but nodejs/iojs.org#252 is up to date against the latest in iojs/website#master.

[rvagg]

https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+any-pr+multi/233/ again, with a couple of new commits for the ARMv8 stuff

[indutny]

LGTM, good job, man!

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[piscisaureus]

@piscisaureus I'd love to have fewer failures on Windows but this is an incremental process. Would love to find more Windows contributors!

Me too - let's prioritize finding more Windows contributors until I (or someone else) has time.

[rvagg]

https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+any-pr+multi/234/

[rvagg]

RC: https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+release+nightly/95/

Landing @ https://iojs.org/download/nightly/v1.4.3-nightly20150303ca3c50b789 I think

[rvagg]

tagged and building: https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+release/43/

[rvagg]

done v1.4.3 @ https://iojs.org/dist/latest/

[jbergstroem]

armv6l seems to be missing

[rvagg]

Patience, grasshopper, it too shall land, all in good time