Release proposal: v0.12.8

[rvagg]

Same issue re release infrastructure as #2805 but we need to get this working ASAP.

2015.11.25, Version 0.12.8 (LTS)

• [d939956] - build: backport tools/release.sh (Rod Vagg) build: backport config for new CI infrastructure to v0.12 #3642
• [78c5b4c] - build: backport config for new CI infrastructure (Rod Vagg) build: backport config for new CI infrastructure to v0.12 #3642
• [8344161] - build: fix --without-ssl compile time error (Ben Noordhuis) build: fix --without-ssl compile time error #3825
• [8887666] - build: update manifest to include Windows 10 (Lucien Greathouse) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [08afe4e] - build: add MSVS 2015 support (Rod Vagg) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [4f24563] - build: work around VS2015 issue in ICU <56 (Steven R. Loomis) build: fix VS2015 ICU/Intl breakage <56 (v0.12) node-v0.x-archive#25804
• [15030f2] - build: Intl: bump ICU4C from 54 to 55 (backport) (Steven R. Loomis) build: Intl: bump ICU4C from 54 to 55 node-v0.x-archive#25856
• [1083fa7] - build: run-ci makefile rule (Alexis Campailla) Reconcile v0.12 with new CI  node-v0.x-archive#25653
• [2d2494c] - build: support flaky tests in test-ci (Alexis Campailla) Reconcile v0.12 with new CI  node-v0.x-archive#25653
• [b25d26f] - build: support Jenkins via test-ci (Alexis Campailla) Reconcile v0.12 with new CI  node-v0.x-archive#25653
• [e07c86e] - build,win: try next MSVS version on failure (João Reis) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [b5a0abc] - child_process: clone spawn options argument (cjihrig) child_process: clone spawn options argument node-v0.x-archive#9159
• [8b81f98] - configure: add --without-mdb flag (cgalibern) configure: add --without-mdb flag node-v0.x-archive#25707
• [071c860] - crypto: replace rwlocks with simple mutexes (Ben Noordhuis) crypto: replace rwlocks with simple mutexes #2723
• [ca97fb6] - deps: upgrade npm to 2.14.9 (Forrest L Norvell) deps: upgrade npm to 2.14.9 (for v0.12-staging) #3684
• [5837343] - deps: fix openssl for MSVS 2015 (Andy Polyakov) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [02c262a] - deps: fix gyp to work on MacOSX without XCode (Shigeki Ohtsu) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [f0fba0b] - deps: update gyp to 25ed9ac (João Reis) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [f693565] - deps: upgrade to npm 2.13.4 (Kat Marchán) deps: upgrade to npm 2.13.4 node-v0.x-archive#25825
• [618b142] - deps,v8: fix compilation in VS2015 (João Reis) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [49b4f0d] - doc: backport README.md (Rod Vagg) build: backport config for new CI infrastructure to v0.12 #3642
• [2860c53] - doc: fixed child_process.exec doc (Tyler Anton) doc: fixed child_process.exec doc node-v0.x-archive#14088
• [4a91fa1] - doc: Update docs for os.platform() (George Kotchlamazashvili) doc: Update docs for os.platform() node-v0.x-archive#25777
• [b03ab02] - doc: Change the link for v8 docs to v8dox.com (Chad Walker) doc: updates cherry picked from master node-v0.x-archive#25811
• [1fd8f37] - doc: buffer, adding missing backtick (Dyana Rose) doc: updates cherry picked from master node-v0.x-archive#25811
• [162d0db] - doc: tls.markdown, adjust version from v0.10.39 to v0.10.x (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [eda2560] - doc: additional refinement to readable event (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [881d9be] - doc: readable event clarification (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [b6378f0] - doc: stream.unshift does not reset reading state (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [4952e2b] - doc: clarify Readable._read and Readable.push (fresheneesz) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [14000b9] - doc: two minor stream doc improvements (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [6b6bd21] - doc: Clarified read method with specified size argument. (Philippe Laferriere) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [16f5476] - doc: Document http.request protocol option (Ville Skyttä) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [618e4ec] - doc: add a note about readable in flowing mode (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [0b165be] - doc: fix line wrapping in buffer.markdown (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [70dd13f] - doc: add CleartextStream deprecation notice (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [418cde0] - doc: mention that mode is ignored if file exists (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [85bcb28] - doc: improve http.abort description (James M Snell) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [5ccb429] - doc, comments: Grammar and spelling fixes (Ville Skyttä) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [a24db43] - docs: event emitter behavior notice (Samuel Mills (Henchman)) events: fix: shared object references node-v0.x-archive#25467
• [8cbf7cb] - docs: events clarify emitter.listener() behavior (Benjamin Steephenson) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [b7229de] - docs: Fix default options for fs.createWriteStream() (Chris Neave) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [f0453ca] - domains: port caeb677 from v0.10 to v0.12 (Jeremy Whitlock) domains: port fix abort on uncaught to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25835
• [261fa36] - src: fix intermittent SIGSEGV in resolveTxt (Evan Lucas) src: fix intermittent SIGSEGV in resolveTxt node-v0.x-archive#9300
• [1f7257b] - test: mark test-https-aws-ssl flaky on linux (João Reis) test: mark test-https-aws-ssl flaky on linux node-v0.x-archive#25893
• [cf435d5] - test: mark test-signal-unregister as flaky (Alexis Campailla) test: mark test-signal-unregister as flaky node-v0.x-archive#25750
• [ceb6a8c] - test: fix test-debug-port-from-cmdline (João Reis) test: fix test-debug-port-from-cmdline node-v0.x-archive#25748
• [2299773] - test: add regression test for test: add test for worker.terminate() + timeout fns #25735 (Fedor Indutny) tls: do not hang without newSession handler node-v0.x-archive#25739
• [39e0563] - test: mark http-pipeline-flood flaky on win32 (Julien Gilli) configure: add --without-mdb flag node-v0.x-archive#25707
• [78d256e] - test: unmark tests that are no longer flaky (João Reis) test: Unmark tests that are no longer flaky node-v0.x-archive#25676
• [a9b642c] - test: runner should return 0 on flaky tests (Alexis Campailla) Reconcile v0.12 with new CI  node-v0.x-archive#25653
• [b48639b] - test: support writing test output to file (Alexis Campailla) Reconcile v0.12 with new CI  node-v0.x-archive#25653
• [caa16b4] - (SEMVER-MINOR) tls: prevent server from using dhe keys < 768 (Michael Dawson) tls: prevent server from using dhe keys < 768 #3890
• [0363cf4] - tls: Closing parent socket also closes the tls sock (Devin Nakamura) tls: Closing parent socket also closes the tls sock node-v0.x-archive#25642
• [7569711] - tls: do not hang without newSession handler (Fedor Indutny) tls: do not hang without newSession handler node-v0.x-archive#25739
• [d998a65] - tools: pass constant to logger instead of string (Johan Bergström) Reconcile v0.12 with new CI  node-v0.x-archive#25653
• [1982ed6] - v8: port fbff705 from v0.10 to v0.12 (Jeremy Whitlock) domains: port fix abort on uncaught to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25835
• [44d7054] - win: fix custom actions for WiX older than 3.9 (João Reis) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [586c4d8] - win: fix custom actions on Visual Studio != 2013 (Julien Gilli) win,v8: Support for MSVS 2015 in v0.12 #2843
• [14db629] - win,msi: correct installation path registry keys (João Reis) win,msi: change InstallScope to perMachine node-v0.x-archive#25640
• [8e80528] - win,msi: change InstallScope to perMachine (João Reis) win,msi: change InstallScope to perMachine node-v0.x-archive#25640
• [35bbe98] - Update addons.markdown (Max Deepfield) Update addons.markdown node-v0.x-archive#25885
• [9a6f1ce] - comma (Julien Valéry) doc: updates cherry picked from master node-v0.x-archive#25811
• [d384bf8] - Update assert.markdown (daveboivin) doc: updates cherry picked from master node-v0.x-archive#25811
• [89b22cc] - Fixed typo (Andrew Murray) doc: updates cherry picked from master node-v0.x-archive#25811
• [5ad05af] - Update util.markdown (Daniel Rentz) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [cb660ab] - Update child_process.markdown, spelling (Jared Fox) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [59c67fe] - updated documentation for fs.createReadStream (Michele Caini) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [53b6a61] - Documentation update about Buffer initialization (Sarath) doc: apply multiple doc updates from master to v0.12 node-v0.x-archive#25591
• [b8d47a7] - fix (Fedor Indutny) tls: do not hang without newSession handler node-v0.x-archive#25739