Release proposal: v1.7.0

[rvagg]

Let's get some commits off our books, this will be a fairly minor release unless something makes it in within the next couple of days

• [d2b62a4973] - benchmark: don't check wrk in non-http benchmark (Jackson Tian) #1368
• [fd90b33b94] - build: validate options passed to configure (Johan Bergström) #1335
• [04b02f5e34] - build: Remove deprecated flags (Johan Bergström) #1407
• [39d395c966] - build: minor changes to fix rpm build (Dan Varga) #1408
• [f9a2d31b32] - build: Simplify fetching release version (Johan Bergström) #1405
• [cd38a4af8f] - build: support building io.js as a static library (Marat Abdullin) #1341
• [d726a177ed] - build: Remove building against a shared V8 (Johan Bergström) #1331
• [a5244d3a39] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: backport 1f8555 from v8's upstream (Fedor Indutny) #1395
• [09d4a286ea] - deps: make node-gyp work with io.js (cjihrig) #990
• [cc8376ae67] - deps: upgrade npm to 2.7.6 (Forrest L Norvell) #1390
• [5b0e5755a0] - deps: generate opensslconf.h for architectures (Shigeki Ohtsu) #1377
• [7d14aa0222] - deps: add Makefile to generate opensslconf.h (Shigeki Ohtsu) #1377
• [29a3301461] - deps: make opensslconf.h include each target arch (Shigeki Ohtsu) #1377
• [93a1a07ef4] - doc: remove keepAlive options from http.request (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #1392
• [3ad6ea7c38] - doc: remove redundant parameter in end listener. (Alex Yursha) #1387
• [2bc3532461] - doc: document Console class (Jackson Tian) #1388
• [69bc1382b7] - doc: properly indent http.Agent keepAlive options (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #1384
• [b464d467a2] - doc: update curl usage in COLLABORATOR_GUIDE (Roman Reiss) #1382
• [61c0e7b70f] - doc: update CONTRIBUTING links. (Andrew Crites) #1380
• [8d467e521c] - doc: add TC meeting 2015-03-18 minutes (Rod Vagg) #1370
• [8ba9c4a7c2] - doc: add TC meeting 2015-04-01 minutes (Rod Vagg) #1371
• [48facf93ad] - doc: update AUTHORS list (Rod Vagg) #1372
• [1219e7466c] - lib: reduce process.binding() calls (Brendan Ashworth) #1367
• [264a8f3a1b] - linux: fix epoll_pwait() fallback on arm64 (Ben Noordhuis) #1365
• [f0bf6bb024] - readline: fix calling constructor without new (Alex Kocharin) #1385
• [ff74931107] - smalloc: do not track external memory (Fedor Indutny) #1375
• [a07c69113a] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: use global SealHandleScope (Fedor Indutny) #1395
• [a4d88475fa] - src: disable fast math only on armv6 (Ben Noordhuis) #1398
• [e306c78f83] - src: disable fast math on arm (Ben Noordhuis) #1398
• [7049d7b474] - test: increase timeouts on ARM (Roman Reiss) #1366
• [3066f2c0c3] - test: double test timeout on arm machines (Ben Noordhuis) #1357
• [66db9241cb] - tools: Remove unused files (Johan Bergström) #1406
• [8bc8bd4bc2] - tools: add to install deps/openssl/config/archs (Shigeki Ohtsu) #1377
• [907aaf325a] - win,node-gyp: optionally allow node.exe/iojs.exe to be renamed (Bert Belder) #1266
• [372bf83818] - zlib: make constants keep readonly (Jackson Tian) #1361

[jbergstroem]

This only has half of the commits @shigeki made as part of the openssl 1.0.2 bump. I don't think that is a problem, but the full patchset would be more tested (or no patchset).

[shigeki]

Yes, I agree. It is better that v1.6.5 is the last final version which supports openssl-1.0.1. Go 1.0.2 after that.

[jbergstroem]

@shigeki that puts us in a bad seat as well since we'd have to revert your commits or explore creating more branches for managing releases (please correct me if I'm wrong here).

[shigeki]

@jbergstroem No. My commits included here to be in 1.6.5 are kinds of refactoring for just preparing upgrade, in which there is nothing to do with 1.0.2. If something trouble would happen in specific 1.0.2 in future, these commits here are not affected.

[jbergstroem]

I see what you mean now. Ok, just disregard my comment.

[Fishrock123]

👍

of note: arm fixes, npm, reduced process.binding calls

[Fishrock123]

Would be nice if we could get #1341 in, so as to remove that "static libs don't build" bit. :)

[silverwind]

We should put a known issue for #1376 if we can't get a patch ready in time.

Edit: The workaround here would make that note unnecessary: #1398
Edit2: Workaround merged.

[Fishrock123]

Now 1.7.0 - #1395

[silverwind]

In that case, we might want to get some of these in: https://github.com/iojs/io.js/labels/semver-minor

[rvagg]

can we talk about openssl 1.0.2 a bit more please? is there enough uncertainty about its stability to hold off for another release or two or is it relatively straight forward and therefore could just be part of 1.7.0?

[bnoordhuis]

The build was refactored quite drastically so it's possible people with unusual configurations may see build breakage. I have no reason to believe that run-time stability is any worse though.

[Fishrock123]

The build was refactored quite drastically so it's possible people with unusual configurations may see build breakage.

Isn't lots of that already in 1.6.4?