2018-03-21, Version 9.9.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

* assert:
  - From now on all error messages produced by `assert` in strict mode
    will produce a error diff. (Ruben Bridgewater)
    #17615
  - From now on it is possible to use a validation object in throws
    instead of the other possibilities. (Ruben Bridgewater)
    #17584
* crypto:
  - allow passing null as IV unless required (Tobias Nießen)
    #18644
* fs:
  - support as and as+ flags in stringToFlags() (Sarat Addepalli)
    #18801
* tls:
  - expose Finished messages in TLSSocket (Anton Salikhmetov)
    #19102
* tty:
  - Add getColorDepth function to determine if terminal supports colors
    (Ruben Bridgewater) #17615
* util:
  - add util.inspect compact option (Ruben Bridgewater)
    #17576
* **Added new collaborators**
  - [watson](https://github.com/watson) Thomas Watson

PR-URL: #19428

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
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     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.8.0">9.8.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.9.0">9.9.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.7.1">9.8.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.7.1">9.7.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.7.0">9.7.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.6.1">9.6.1</a><br/>

doc/api/assert.md

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 ## Strict mode
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doc/api/crypto.md

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doc/api/tls.md

@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ For Example: `{ type: 'ECDH', name: 'prime256v1', size: 256 }`
 
 ### tlsSocket.getFinished()
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 * Returns: {Buffer|undefined} The latest `Finished` message that has been
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ If the peer does not provide a certificate, an empty object will be returned.
 
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 * Returns: {Buffer|undefined} The latest `Finished` message that is expected

doc/api/tty.md

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ is updated whenever the `'resize'` event is emitted.
 
 ### writeStream.getColorDepth([env])
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 * `env` {object} A object containing the environment variables to check.

doc/api/util.md

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src/node_version.h

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 9
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 8
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 9
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)