Node.js v6.0.0 (Current) 发布了。
该版本主要更新包括部分性能的显著改善，提高了可靠性，可用性，安全性；模块加载比Node.js V4快了近四倍；测试和文档都得到了显著的改善，Buffer 和 File System API 的易用性得到提高；现在的Node.js支持93％的ES6语法，这要归功于V8版本5.0。
主要更新：
Buffer
New Buffer constructors have been added #4682 and #5833.
Existing Buffer() and SlowBuffer() constructors have been deprecated in docs #4682 and #5833.
Previously deprecated Buffer APIs are removed #5048, #4594.
Improved error handling #4514.
The Buffer.prototype.lastIndexOf() method has been added #4846.
Cluster
Worker emitted as first argument in 'message' event #5361.
The worker.exitedAfterDisconnect property replaces worker.suicide #3743.
Console
Calling console.timeEnd() with an unknown label now emits a process warning rather than throwing#5901.
Crypto
Improved error handling #3100, #5611.
Simplified Certificate class bindings #5382.
Improved control over FIPS mode #5181.
pbkdf2 digest overloading is deprecated #4047.
Dependencies
Reintroduce shared c-ares build support #5775.
V8 updated to 5.0.71.35 #6372.
DNS
Add dns.resolvePtr() API to query plain DNS PTR records #4921.
Domains
Clear stack when no error handler #4659.
Events
The EventEmitter.prototype._events object no longer inherits from Object.prototype #6092.
The EventEmitter.prototype.prependListener() andEventEmitter.prototype.prependOnceListener() methods have been added #6032.
File System
The fs.realpath() and fs.realpathSync() methods have been updated to use a more efficient libuv-based implementation. This change includes the removal of the cache argument and the method can throw new errors #3594.
FS apis can now accept and return paths as Buffers #5616.
Error handling and type checking improvements #5616, #5590, #4518, #3917.
fs.read's string interface is deprecated #4525.
HTTP
'clientError' can now be used to return custom errors from an HTTP server #4557.
Modules
Current directory is now prioritized for local lookups #5689.
Symbolic links are preserved when requiring modules #5950.
Net
DNS hints no longer implicitly set #6021.
Improved error handling and type checking #5981, #5733, #2904.
OS X
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET has been bumped up to 10.7 #6402.
Path
Improved type checking #5348.
Process
Introduce process warnings API #4782.
Throw exception when non-function passed to nextTick #3860.
Querystring
The object returned by querystring.parse() no longer inherits from Object.prototype #6055.
Readline
Key info is emitted unconditionally #6024.
History can now be explicitly disabled #6352.
REPL
Assignment to _ will emit a warning #5535.
Expressions will no longer be completed when eval fails #6328.
Timers
Fail early when callback is not a function #4362.
Streams
null is now an invalid chunk to write in object mode #6170.
TLS
Rename 'clientError' to 'tlsClientError' #4557.
SHA1 used for sessionIdContext #3866.
TTY
Previously deprecated setRawMode wrapper is removed #2528.
URL
Username and password will be dropped by url.resolve() if the host changes #1480.
Util
Changes to Error object formatting #4582.
The util._extend() method has been deprecated #4903
The util.log() method has been deprecated #6161.
Windows
Windows XP and Vista are no longer supported #5167.
Zlib
Multiple improvements have been made to Zlib processing #5883 and #5707.
软件详情：https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.0.0/
下载地址：https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.0.0/node-v6.0.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
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