2017-08-09, Version 8.3.0 (Current)

V8 6.0:

  The V8 engine has been upgraded to version 6.0, which has a significantly
  changed performance profile.
  [#14574](#14574)

  More detailed information on performance differences can be found at
  https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/get-ready-a-new-v8-is-coming-node-js-performance-is-changing-46a63d6da4de

Other notable changes:

* **DNS**
  * Independent DNS resolver instances are supported now, with support for
    cancelling the corresponding requests.
    [#14518](#14518)

* **N-API**
  * Multiple N-API functions for error handling have been changed to support
    assigning error codes.
    [#13988](#13988)

* **REPL**
  * Autocompletion support for `require()` has been improved.
    [#14409](#14409)

* **Utilities**
  * The WHATWG Encoding Standard (`TextDecoder` and `TextEncoder`) has
    been implemented as an experimental feature.
    [#13644](#13644)

* **Added new collaborators**
  * [XadillaX](https://github.com/XadillaX) – Khaidi Chu
  * [gabrielschulhof](https://github.com/gabrielschulhof) – Gabriel Schulhof

Conflicts:
	src/node_version.h

Author: addaleax

CHANGELOG.md

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+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.3.0">8.3.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.2.1">8.2.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.2.0">8.2.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.1.4">8.1.4</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.1.3">8.1.3</a><br/>

doc/api/console.md

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doc/api/dns.md

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 An independent resolver for DNS requests.
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doc/api/n-api.md

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doc/api/util.md

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 > Stability: 1 - Experimental