2017-05-30, Version 8.0.0 (Current)v8.0.0

* **Async Hooks**
  * The `async_hooks` module has landed in core
    [[`4a7233c178`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4a7233c178)]
    [#12892](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12892).

* **Buffer**
  * Using the `--pending-deprecation` flag will cause Node.js to emit a
    deprecation warning when using `new Buffer(num)` or `Buffer(num)`.
    [[`d2d32ea5a2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2d32ea5a2)]
    [#11968](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11968).
  * `new Buffer(num)` and `Buffer(num)` will zero-fill new `Buffer` instances
    [[`7eb1b4658e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7eb1b4658e)]
    [#12141](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12141).
  * Many `Buffer` methods now accept `Uint8Array` as input
    [[`beca3244e2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/beca3244e2)]
    [#10236](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10236).

* **Child Process**
  * Argument and kill signal validations have been improved
    [[`97a77288ce`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/97a77288ce)]
    [#12348](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12348),
    [[`d75fdd96aa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d75fdd96aa)]
    [#10423](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10423).
  * Child Process methods accept `Uint8Array` as input
    [[`627ecee9ed`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/627ecee9ed)]
    [#10653](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10653).

* **Console**
  * Error events emitted when using `console` methods are now supressed.
    [[`f18e08d820`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f18e08d820)]
    [#9744](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9744).

* **Dependencies**
  * The npm client has been updated to 5.0.0
    [[`3c3b36af0f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3c3b36af0f)]
    [#12936](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12936).
  * V8 has been updated to 5.8 with forward ABI stability to 6.0
    [[`60d1aac8d2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60d1aac8d2)]
    [#12784](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12784).

* **Domains**
  * Native `Promise` instances are now `Domain` aware
    [[`84dabe8373`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/84dabe8373)]
    [#12489](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12489).

* **Errors**
  * We have started assigning static error codes to errors generated by Node.js.
    This has been done through multiple commits and is still a work in
    progress.

* **File System**
  * The utility class `fs.SyncWriteStream` has been deprecated
    [[`7a55e34ef4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7a55e34ef4)]
    [#10467](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10467).
  * The deprecated `fs.read()` string interface has been removed
    [[`3c2a9361ff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3c2a9361ff)]
    [#9683](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9683).

* **HTTP**
  * Improved support for userland implemented Agents
    [[`90403dd1d0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/90403dd1d0)]
    [#11567](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11567).
  * Outgoing Cookie headers are concatenated into a single string
    [[`d3480776c7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d3480776c7)]
    [#11259](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11259).
  * The `httpResponse.writeHeader()` method has been deprecated
    [[`fb71ba4921`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fb71ba4921)]
    [#11355](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11355).
  * New methods for accessing HTTP headers have been added to `OutgoingMessage`
    [[`3e6f1032a4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3e6f1032a4)]
    [#10805](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10805).

* **Lib**
  * All deprecation messages have been assigned static identifiers
    [[`5de3cf099c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5de3cf099c)]
    [#10116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10116).
  * The legacy `linkedlist` module has been removed
    [[`84a23391f6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/84a23391f6)]
    [#12113](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12113).

* **N-API**
  * Experimental support for the new N-API API has been added
    [[`56e881d0b0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/56e881d0b0)]
    [#11975](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11975).

* **Process**
  * Process warning output can be redirected to a file using the
    `--redirect-warnings` command-line argument
    [[`03e89b3ff2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/03e89b3ff2)]
    [#10116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10116).
  * Process warnings may now include additional detail
    [[`dd20e68b0f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dd20e68b0f)]
    [#12725](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12725).

* **REPL**
  * REPL magic mode has been deprecated
    [[`3f27f02da0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3f27f02da0)]
    [#11599](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11599).

* **Src**
  * `NODE_MODULE_VERSION` has been updated to 57
    (https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ec7cbaf266)]
    [#12995](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12995).
  * Add `--pending-deprecation` command-line argument and
    `NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION` environment variable
    [[`a16b570f8c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a16b570f8c)]
    [#11968](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11968).
  * The `--debug` command-line argument has been deprecated. Note that
    using `--debug` will enable the *new* Inspector-based debug protocol
    as the legacy Debugger protocol previously used by Node.js has been
    removed. [[`010f864426`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/010f864426)]
    [#12949](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12949).
  * Throw when the `-c` and `-e` command-line arguments are used at the same
    time [[`a5f91ab230`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5f91ab230)]
    [#11689](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11689).
  * Throw when the `--use-bundled-ca` and `--use-openssl-ca` command-line
    arguments are used at the same time.
    [[`8a7db9d4b5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8a7db9d4b5)]
    [#12087](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12087).

* **Stream**
  * `Stream` now supports `destroy()` and `_destroy()` APIs
    [[`b6e1d22fa6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b6e1d22fa6)]
    [#12925](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12925).
  * `Stream` now supports the `_final()` API
    [[`07c7f198db`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/07c7f198db)]
    [#12828](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12828).

* **TLS**
  * The `rejectUnauthorized` option now defaults to `true`
    [[`348cc80a3c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/348cc80a3c)]
    [#5923](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5923).
  * The `tls.createSecurePair()` API now emits a runtime deprecation
    [[`a2ae08999b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a2ae08999b)]
    [#11349](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11349).
  * A runtime deprecation will now be emitted when `dhparam` is less than
    2048 bits [[`d523eb9c40`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d523eb9c40)]
    [#11447](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11447).

* **URL**
  * The WHATWG URL implementation is now a fully-supported Node.js API
    [[`d080ead0f9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d080ead0f9)]
    [#12710](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12710).

* **Util**
  * `Symbol` keys are now displayed by default when using `util.inspect()`
    [[`5bfd13b81e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5bfd13b81e)]
    [#9726](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9726).
  * `toJSON` errors will be thrown when formatting `%j`
    [[`455e6f1dd8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/455e6f1dd8)]
    [#11708](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11708).
  * Convert `inspect.styles` and `inspect.colors` to prototype-less objects
    [[`aab0d202f8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/aab0d202f8)]
    [#11624](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11624).
  * The new `util.promisify()` API has been added
    [[`99da8e8e02`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/99da8e8e02)]
    [#12442](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12442).

* **Zlib**
  * Support `Uint8Array` in Zlib convenience methods
    [[`91383e47fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/91383e47fd)]
    [#12001](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12001).
  * Zlib errors now use `RangeError` and `TypeError` consistently
    [[`b514bd231e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b514bd231e)]
    [#11391](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11391).

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