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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Weekly Update - Oct 9th, 2015 |
| 3 | +author: Minwoo Jung (@jmwsoft) |
| 4 | +date: 2015-10-09T12:00:00.000Z |
| 5 | +status: publish |
| 6 | +category: weekly |
| 7 | +slug: weekly-update-2015-10-09 |
| 8 | +layout: blog-post.hbs |
| 9 | +--- |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +### Node.js News — October 9th |
| 12 | +Node.js v4.1.2 is released |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +### Node.js v4.1.2 Releases |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +This week we have one release: [Node.js v4.1.2](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.1.2/). complete changelog from previous releases can be found [on GitHub](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md). |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +### Notable changes |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +* **http**: |
| 21 | + - Fix out-of-order 'finish' event bug in pipelining that can abort execution, fixes DoS vulnerability [CVE-2015-7384](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3138) (Fedor Indutny) [#3128](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3128) |
| 22 | + - Account for pending response data instead of just the data on the current request to decide whether pause the socket or not (Fedor Indutny) [#3128](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3128) |
| 23 | +* **libuv**: Upgraded from v1.7.4 to v1.7.5, see [release notes](https://github.com/libuv/libuv/releases/tag/v1.7.5) for details (Saúl Ibarra Corretgé) [#3010](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3010) |
| 24 | + - A better rwlock implementation for all Windows versions |
| 25 | + - Improved AIX support |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +### Known issues |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +See https://github.com/nodejs/node/labels/confirmed-bug for complete and current list of known issues. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +* Some problems with unreferenced timers running during `beforeExit` are still to be resolved. See [#1264](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1264). |
| 32 | +* Surrogate pair in REPL can freeze terminal. [#690](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/690) |
| 33 | +* Calling `dns.setServers()` while a DNS query is in progress can cause the process to crash on a failed assertion. [#894](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/894) |
| 34 | +* `url.resolve` may transfer the auth portion of the url when resolving between two full hosts, see [#1435](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1435). |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +### Node.js Foundation Welcomes Red Hat as Newest Platinum Member |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +* The Node.js Foundation, a community-led and industry-backed consortium to advance the development of the Node.js platform, announced Red Hat, Inc. has joined the Foundation as a Platinum member. |
| 39 | +* Red Hat joins platinum members, including Famous, IBM, Intel, Joyent, Microsoft and PayPal, to provide support in the adoption, development and long-term success of the Node.js project. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +See https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-joins-nodejs-foundation for more information. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +### Community Updates |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +* [StrongLoop provides "An Introduction to JavaScript ES6 Arrow Functions"](https://strongloop.com/strongblog/an-introduction-to-javascript-es6-arrow-functions/), "Arrow functions serve two main purposes: more concise syntax and sharing lexical this with the parent scope." |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +If you have spotted or written something about Node.js, do come over to our [Evangelism team repo](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism) and suggest it on the [Issues page](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues), specifically the Weekly Updates issue. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +### Upcoming Events |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +* [Node.js Italian Conference](http://nodejsconf.it/) tickets are on sale, October 10th at Desenzano - Brescia, Italy |
| 52 | +* [JSConf CO](http://www.jsconf.co/), October 16th - 17th at Ruta N, Medellin, Colombia |
| 53 | +* [EmpireNode](http://2015.empirenode.org/), October 23rd at New York, US. |
| 54 | +* [NodeFest](http://nodefest.jp/2015/), November 7th at Stack Exchange HQ, Old St |
| 55 | +* [Node Girls London](https://nodegirls.typeform.com/to/atW4HR), November 7th at Stack Exchange HQ, Old St |
| 56 | +* [Nodevember](http://nodevember.org/?utm_source=io.js+and+Node.js+News&utm_medium=article), November 14th - 15th at Nashville, Tennessee, US. |
| 57 | +* [NodeConf Barcelona](https://ti.to/barcelonajs/nodeconf-barcelona-2015), November 21st at Barcelona, Spain |
| 58 | +* [CampJS VI](http://vi.campjs.com), November 20 – 23th at Queensland, Australia |
| 59 | +* [Playnode](https://playnode.io), call-for-proposals, November, Korea |
| 60 | +* [Node.js Interactive](http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/node-interactive), December 8-9 at Portland, US. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Have an event about Node.js coming up? You can put your events here through the [Evangelism team repo](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism) and announce it in the [Issues page](https://github.com/nodejs/evangelism/issues), specifically the Weekly Updates issue. |
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