2018-10-10, Version 10.12.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

* assert
  * The diff output is now a tiny bit improved by sorting object
    properties when inspecting the values that are compared with each
    other. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22788
* cli
  * The options parser now normalizes `_` to `-` in all multi-word
    command-line flags, e.g. `--no_warnings` has the same effect as
    `--no-warnings`. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23020
  * Added bash completion for the `node` binary. To generate a bash
    completion script, run `node --completion-bash`. The output can be
    saved to a file which can be sourced to enable completion.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/20713
* crypto
  * Added support for PEM-level encryption.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23151
  * Added an API asymmetric key pair generation. The new methods
    `crypto.generateKeyPair` and `crypto.generateKeyPairSync` can be
    used to generate public and private key pairs. The API supports
    RSA, DSA and EC and a variety of key encodings (both PEM and DER).
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22660
* fs
  * Added a `recursive` option to `fs.mkdir` and `fs.mkdirSync`. If
    this option is set to true, non-existing parent folders will be
    automatically created. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21875
* http2
  * Added a `'ping'` event to `Http2Session` that is emitted whenever a
    non-ack `PING` is received.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23009
  * Added support for the `ORIGIN` frame.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22956
  * Updated nghttp2 to 1.34.0. This adds RFC 8441 extended connect
    protocol support to allow use of WebSockets over HTTP/2.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23284
* module
  * Added `module.createRequireFromPath(filename)`. This new method can
    be used to create a custom require function that will resolve
    modules relative to the filename path.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19360
* process
  * Added a `'multipleResolves'` process event that is emitted whenever
    a `Promise` is attempted to be resolved multiple times, e.g. if the
    `resolve` and `reject` functions are both called in a `Promise`
    executor. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22218
* url
  * Added `url.fileURLToPath(url)` and `url.pathToFileURL(path)`. These
    methods can be used to correctly convert between file: URLs and
    absolute paths. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22506
* util
  * Added the `sorted` option to `util.inspect()`. If set to `true`,
    all properties of an object and Set and Map entries will be sorted
    in the returned string. If set to a function, it is used as a
    compare function. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22788
  * The `util.instpect.custom` symbol is now defined in the global
    symbol registry as `Symbol.for('nodejs.util.inspect.custom')`.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/20857
  * Added support for `BigInt` numbers in `util.format()`.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22097
* V8 API
  * A number of V8 C++ APIs have been marked as deprecated since they
    have been removed in the upstream repository. Replacement APIs
    are added where necessary. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23159
* Windows
  * The Windows msi installer now provides an option to automatically
    install the tools required to build native modules.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22645
* Workers
  * Debugging support for Workers using the DevTools protocol has been
    implemented. https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21364
  * The public `inspector` module is now enabled in Workers.
    https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22769
* Added new collaborators:
  * digitalinfinity - Hitesh Kanwathirtha

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23313