2019-10-21, Version 12.13.0 'Erbium' (LTS)

This release marks the transition of Node.js 12.x into Long Term Support
(LTS) with the codename 'Erbium'. The 12.x release line now moves into
"Active LTS" and will remain so until October 2020. After that time, it
will move into "Maintenance" until end of life in April 2022.

Notable changes:

npm was updated to 6.12.0. It now includes a version of `node-gyp` that
supports Python 3 for building native modules.

PR-URL: #29981

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 Select a Node.js version below to view the changelog history:
 
-* [Node.js 12](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md) - **Current**
+* [Node.js 12](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md) - **Long Term Support**
 * [Node.js 11](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md) - End-of-Life
-* [Node.js 10](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md) — **Long Term Support**
+* [Node.js 10](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md) — Long Term Support
 * [Node.js 9](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md) — End-of-Life
 * [Node.js 8](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md) — Long Term Support
 * [Node.js 7](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md) — End-of-Life
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ release.
 <!--lint disable maximum-line-length-->
 <table>
 <tr>
-  <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md">12</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
+  <th title="LTS Until 2022-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md">12</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2021-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md">10</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2019-12"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md">8</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md#12.12.0">12.12.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md#12.13.0">12.13.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md#12.12.0">12.12.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md#12.11.1">12.11.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md#12.11.0">12.11.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md#12.10.0">12.10.0</a><br/>

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md

@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
 
 <table>
 <tr>
+<th>LTS 'Erbium'</th>
 <th>Current</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td>
+<td valign="top">
+<a href="#12.13.0">12.13.0</a><br/>
+</td>
+<td valign="top">
 <a href="#12.12.0">12.12.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#12.11.1">12.11.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#12.11.0">12.11.0</a><br/>
@@ -44,6 +48,39 @@
   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="12.13.0"></a>
+## 2019-10-21, Version 12.13.0 'Erbium' (LTS), @targos
+
+This release marks the transition of Node.js 12.x into Long Term Support (LTS)
+with the codename 'Erbium'. The 12.x release line now moves into "Active LTS"
+and will remain so until October 2020. After that time, it will move into
+"Maintenance" until end of life in April 2022.
+
+### Notable changes
+
+npm was updated to 6.12.0. It now includes a version of `node-gyp` that
+supports Python 3 for building native modules.
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`b59209b118`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b59209b118)] - **deps**: update npm to 6.12.0 (isaacs) [#29885](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29885)
+* [[`1dde617491`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1dde617491)] - **doc**: fix --enable-source-maps flag in v12.12.0 changelog (Unlocked) [#29960](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29960)
+* [[`e5e2dfabdc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e5e2dfabdc)] - **doc**: nest code fence under unordered list (Nick Schonning) [#29915](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29915)
+* [[`5b0c993d4c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5b0c993d4c)] - **doc**: remove double word "where" (Nick Schonning) [#29915](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29915)
+* [[`ad318c6cec`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ad318c6cec)] - **doc**: add brackets to implicit markdown links (Nick Schonning) [#29911](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29911)
+* [[`3155ab4134`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3155ab4134)] - **doc**: use the WHATWG URL API in http code examples (Thomas Watson) [#29917](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29917)
+* [[`b916ea3010`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b916ea3010)] - **doc**: escape brackets not used as markdown reference links (Nick Schonning) [#29809](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29809)
+* [[`f3bf8be11c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f3bf8be11c)] - **doc**: correct typos in security release process (Nick Schonning) [#29822](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29822)
+* [[`25fa2066a2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/25fa2066a2)] - **doc**: indent code fence under list item (Nick Schonning) [#29822](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29822)
+* [[`f3842892dd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f3842892dd)] - **doc**: return type is number (exoego) [#29828](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29828)
+* [[`cbd12518d4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cbd12518d4)] - **doc**: add note about forwarding stream options (Robert Nagy) [#29857](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29857)
+* [[`7683aa0bfb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7683aa0bfb)] - **doc**: set module version 72 to node 12 (Gerhard Stoebich) [#29877](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29877)
+* [[`f58fe5099a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f58fe5099a)] - **doc**: fix tls version values (Tobias Nießen) [#29839](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29839)
+* [[`8ebc94562c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8ebc94562c)] - **fs**: do not emit 'finish' before 'open' on write empty file (Robert Nagy) [#29930](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29930)
+* [[`50f066087e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/50f066087e)] - **test**: do not force the process to exit (Luigi Pinca) [#29923](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29923)
+* [[`44c581ef0b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/44c581ef0b)] - **test**: add more recursive fs.rmdir() tests (Maria Paktiti) [#29815](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29815)
+* [[`fc5334513c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fc5334513c)] - **test**: remove unnecessary --expose-internals flags (Anna Henningsen) [#29886](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29886)
+
 <a id="12.12.0"></a>
 ## 2019-10-11, Version 12.12.0 (Current), @BridgeAR
 

src/node_version.h

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 12
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 12
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 13
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
-#define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 1
+#define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME "Erbium"
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)

test/parallel/test-process-release.js

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ if (versionParts[0] === '4' && versionParts[1] >= 2) {
   assert.strictEqual(process.release.lts, 'Carbon');
 } else if (versionParts[0] === '10' && versionParts[1] >= 13) {
   assert.strictEqual(process.release.lts, 'Dubnium');
+} else if (versionParts[0] === '12' && versionParts[1] >= 13) {
+  assert.strictEqual(process.release.lts, 'Erbium');
 } else {
   assert.strictEqual(process.release.lts, undefined);
 }