2016-03-31, Version v4.4.2 'Argon' (LTS)

Notable Changes

* https:
  - Under certain conditions ssl sockets may have been causing a memory
  leak when keepalive is enabled. This is no longer the case.
    - (Alexander Penev) #5713

* lib:
  - The way that we were internally passing arguments was causing a
  potential leak. By copying the arguments into an array we can avoid this
    - (Nathan Woltman) #4361

* npm:
  - Upgrade to v2.15.1. Fixes a security flaw in the use of authentication
  tokens in HTTP requests that would allow an attacker to set up a server
  that could collect tokens from users of the command-line interface.
  Authentication tokens have previously been sent with every request made
  by the CLI for logged-in users, regardless of the destination of the
  request. This update fixes this by only including those tokens for
  requests made against the registry or registries used for the current
  install. (Forrest L Norvell)

* repl:
  - Previously if you were using the repl in strict mode the column number
  would be wrong in a stack trace. This is no longer an issue.
    - (Prince J Wesley) #5416

PR-URL: #5961

Author: Myles Borins

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Node.js ChangeLog
 
+## 2016-03-31, Version 4.4.2 'Argon' (LTS), @thealphanerd
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+* **https**:
+  - Under certain conditions ssl sockets may have been causing a memory leak when keepalive is enabled. This is no longer the case. (Alexander Penev) [#5713](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5713)
+* **lib**:
+  - The way that we were internally passing arguments was causing a potential leak. By copying the arguments into an array we can avoid this. (Nathan Woltman) [#4361](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4361)
+* **npm**:
+  - Upgrade to v2.15.1. Fixes a security flaw in the use of authentication tokens in HTTP requests that would allow an attacker to set up a server that could collect tokens from users of the command-line interface. Authentication tokens have previously been sent with every request made by the CLI for logged-in users, regardless of the destination of the request. This update fixes this by only including those tokens for requests made against the registry or registries used for the current install. (Forrest L Norvell)
+* **repl**:
+  - Previously if you were using the repl in strict mode the column number would be wrong in a stack trace. This is no longer an issue. (Prince J Wesley) [#5416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5416)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`96e163a79f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/96e163a79f)] - **buffer**: changing let in for loops back to var (Gareth Ellis) [#5819](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5819)
+* [[`0c6f6742f2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0c6f6742f2)] - **console**: check that stderr is writable (Rich Trott) [#5635](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5635)
+* [[`55c3f804c4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/55c3f804c4)] - **deps**: upgrade npm in LTS to 2.15.1 (Forrest L Norvell)
+* [[`1d0e4a987d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1d0e4a987d)] - **deps**: remove unused openssl files (Ben Noordhuis) [#5619](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5619)
+* [[`d55599f4d8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d55599f4d8)] - **dns**: use template literals (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5809](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5809)
+* [[`42bbdc9dd1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/42bbdc9dd1)] - **doc** Add @mhdawson back to the CTC (James M Snell) [#5633](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5633)
+* [[`8d86d232e7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8d86d232e7)] - **doc**: typo: interal->internal. (Corey Kosak) [#5849](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5849)
+* [[`60ddab841e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60ddab841e)] - **doc**: add instructions to only sign a release (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#5876](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5876)
+* [[`040263e0f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/040263e0f3)] - **doc**: grammar, clarity and links in timers doc (Bryan English) [#5792](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5792)
+* [[`8c24bd25a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c24bd25a6)] - **doc**: fix order of end tags of list after heading (firedfox) [#5874](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5874)
+* [[`7c837028da`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7c837028da)] - **doc**: use consistent event name parameter (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5850](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5850)
+* [[`20faf9097d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/20faf9097d)] - **doc**: explain error message on missing main file (Wolfgang Steiner) [#5812](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5812)
+* [[`79d26ae196`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/79d26ae196)] - **doc**: explain path.format expected properties (John Eversole) [#5801](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5801)
+* [[`e43e8e3a31`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e43e8e3a31)] - **doc**: add a cli options doc page (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#5787](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5787)
+* [[`c0a24e4a1d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0a24e4a1d)] - **doc**: fix multiline return comments in querystring (Claudio Rodriguez) [#5705](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5705)
+* [[`bf1fe4693c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bf1fe4693c)] - **doc**: Add windows example for Path.format (Mithun Patel) [#5700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5700)
+* [[`3b8fc4fddc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3b8fc4fddc)] - **doc**: update crypto docs to use good defaults (Bill Automata) [#5505](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5505)
+* [[`a6ec8a6cb7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a6ec8a6cb7)] - **doc**: fix crypto update() signatures (Brian White) [#5500](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5500)
+* [[`eb0ed46665`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eb0ed46665)] - **doc**: reformat & improve node.1 manual page (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#5497](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5497)
+* [[`b70ca4a4b4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b70ca4a4b4)] - **doc**: updated fs #5862 removed irrelevant data in fs.markdown (topal) [#5877](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5877)
+* [[`81876612f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/81876612f7)] - **https**: fix ssl socket leak when keepalive is used (Alexander Penev) [#5713](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5713)
+* [[`6daebdbd9b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6daebdbd9b)] - **lib**: simplify code with String.prototype.repeat() (Jackson Tian) [#5359](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5359)
+* [[`108fc90dd7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/108fc90dd7)] - **lib**: reduce usage of `self = this` (Jackson Tian) [#5231](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5231)
+* [[`3c8e59c396`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3c8e59c396)] - **lib**: copy arguments object instead of leaking it (Nathan Woltman) [#4361](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4361)
+* [[`8648420586`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8648420586)] - **net**: make `isIPv4` and `isIPv6` more efficient (Vladimir Kurchatkin) [#5478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5478)
+* [[`07b7172d76`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/07b7172d76)] - **net**: remove unused `var self = this` from old code (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5224](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5224)
+* [[`acbce4b72b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/acbce4b72b)] - **repl**: fix stack trace column number in strict mode (Prince J Wesley) [#5416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5416)
+* [[`0a1eb168e0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0a1eb168e0)] - **test**: fix `test-cluster-worker-kill` (Santiago Gimeno) [#5814](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5814)
+* [[`86b876fe7b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/86b876fe7b)] - **test**: smaller chunk size for smaller person.jpg (Jérémy Lal) [#5813](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5813)
+* [[`1135ee97e7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1135ee97e7)] - **test**: strip non-free icc profile from person.jpg (Jérémy Lal) [#5813](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5813)
+* [[`0836d7e2fb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0836d7e2fb)] - **test**: fix flaky test-cluster-shared-leak (Claudio Rodriguez) [#5802](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5802)
+* [[`e57355c2f4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e57355c2f4)] - **test**: make test-net-connect-options-ipv6.js better (Michael Dawson) [#5791](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5791)
+* [[`1b266fc15c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1b266fc15c)] - **test**: remove the use of curl in the test suite (Santiago Gimeno) [#5750](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5750)
+* [[`7e45d4f076`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7e45d4f076)] - **test**: minimize test-http-get-pipeline-problem (Rich Trott) [#5728](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5728)
+* [[`78effc3484`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/78effc3484)] - **test**: add batch of known issue tests (cjihrig) [#5653](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5653)
+* [[`d506eea4b7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d506eea4b7)] - **test**: improve test-npm-install (Santiago Gimeno) [#5613](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5613)
+* [[`7520100e8b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7520100e8b)] - **test**: add test-npm-install to parallel tests suite (Myles Borins) [#5166](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5166)
+* [[`b258dddb8c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b258dddb8c)] - **test**: repl tab completion test (Santiago Gimeno) [#5534](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5534)
+* [[`f209effe8b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f209effe8b)] - **test**: remove timer from test-http-1.0 (Santiago Gimeno) [#5129](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5129)
+* [[`3a901b0e3e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3a901b0e3e)] - **tools**: remove unused imports (Sakthipriyan Vairamani) [#5765](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5765)
+
 ## 2016-03-23, Version 5.9.1 (Stable), @Fishrock123
 
 ### Notable changes