2016-02-18, Version 4.4.0 'Argon' (LTS)v4.4.0-rc.1

Notable changes:

This update to the LTS line includes a number of semver minor changes
that have been staged for a number of months. This includes:

  * deps: backport 9da3ab6 from V8 upstream (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3609
  * http: handle errors on idle sockets (José F. Romaniello)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482
  * src: add BE support to StringBytes::Encode() (Bryon Leung)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3410
  * tls: add `options` argument to createSecurePair (Коренберг Марк)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2441

There are also quite a large number of semver patch changes
including over 20 doc fixes and almost 50 test fixes.

Notable semver patch changes include:

  * deps: upgrade to npm 2.14.18 (Kat Marchán)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5245
  * https: evict cached sessions on error (Fedor Indutny)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4982
  * process: support symbol events (cjihrig)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4798
  * querystring: improve parse() performance (Brian White)
    - https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4675

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

2 files changed, 162 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ffb6ebdcb..4473ec7d03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,164 @@
 # Node.js ChangeLog
 
+##2016-02-18, Version 4.4.0 'Argon' (LTS), @thealphanerd
+
+### Notable changes
+
+This update to the LTS line includes a number of semver minor changes
+that have been staged for a number of months. This includes:
+
+  * **deps**: backport 9da3ab6 from V8 upstream (Ali Ijaz Sheikh)
+    - [#3609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3609)
+  * **http**: handle errors on idle sockets (José F. Romaniello)
+    - [#4482](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4482)
+  * **src**: add BE support to StringBytes::Encode() (Bryon Leung)
+    - [#3410](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3410)
+  * **tls**: add `options` argument to createSecurePair (Коренберг Марк)
+    - [#2441](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2441)
+
+There are also quite a large number of semver patch changes
+including over 20 doc fixes and almost 50 test fixes.
+
+Notable semver patch changes include:
+
+  * **deps**: upgrade to npm 2.14.18 (Kat Marchán)
+    - [#5245](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5245)
+  * **https**: evict cached sessions on error (Fedor Indutny)
+    - [#4982](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4982)
+  * **process**: support symbol events (cjihrig)
+    - [#4798](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4798)
+  * **querystring**: improve parse() performance (Brian White)
+    - [#4675](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4675)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+* [[`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)
+
 ## 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 40f1fedf92..4ce788f468 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)