2017-08-08, Version 8.3.0 (Current)

V8 6.0:

  The V8 engine has been upgraded to version 6.0, which has a significantly
  changed performance profile.
  [#14574](#14574)

  More detailed information on performance differences can be found at
  https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/get-ready-a-new-v8-is-coming-node-js-performance-is-changing-46a63d6da4de

Other notable changes:

* **DNS**
  * Independent DNS resolver instances are supported now, with support for
    cancelling the corresponding requests.
    [#14518](#14518)

* **N-API**
  * Multiple N-API functions for error handling have been changed to support
    assigning error codes.
    [#13988](#13988)

* **REPL**
  * Autocompletion support for `require()` has been improved.
    [#14409](#14409)

* **Utilities**
  * The WHATWG Encoding Standard (`TextDecoder` and `TextEncoder`) has
    been implemented as an experimental feature.
    [#13644](#13644)

* **Added new collaborators**
  * [XadillaX](https://github.com/XadillaX) – Khaidi Chu

CHANGELOG.md

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 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.2.1">8.2.1</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.3.0">8.3.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.2.1">8.2.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.2.0">8.2.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.1.4">8.1.4</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md#8.1.3">8.1.3</a><br/>

doc/api/console.md

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 ### console.clear()
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 When `stdout` is a TTY, calling `console.clear()` will attempt to clear the
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ binary.
 
 ### console.count([label])
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-added: REPLACEME
+added: v8.3.0
 -->
 
 * `label` {string} The display label for the counter. Defaults to `'default'`.
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ undefined
 
 ### console.countReset([label = 'default'])
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 * `label` {string} The display label for the counter. Defaults to `'default'`.

doc/api/dns.md

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 ## Class dns.Resolver
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 An independent resolver for DNS requests.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The following methods from the `dns` module are available:
 
 ### resolver.cancel()
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 Cancel all outstanding DNS queries made by this resolver. The corresponding

doc/api/n-api.md

@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ of the ECMAScript Language Specification.
 
 #### *napi_create_dataview*
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 ```C
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ is managed by the VM
 
 #### *napi_get_dataview_info*
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 ```C
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ This API checks if the Object passsed in is a typed array.
 
 ### *napi_is_dataview*
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 ```C

doc/api/util.md

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 ### Class: util.TextDecoder
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 > Stability: 1 - Experimental
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ mark.
 
 ### Class: util.TextEncoder
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 > Stability: 1 - Experimental

src/node_version.h

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 8
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 2
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 3
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)