Notable Changes

Corepack

Node.js now includes Corepack, a script that acts as a bridge between Node.js projects and the package managers they are intended to be used with during development.
In practical terms, Corepack will let you use Yarn and pnpm without having to install them - just like what currently happens with npm, which is shipped in Node.js by default.
Please head over to the Corepack documentation page for more information on how to use it.

Contributed by Maël Nison - #39608

ICU updated

ICU has been updated to 70.1. This updates timezone database to 2021a3, including bringing forward the start for DST for Jordan from March to February.

Contributed by Michaël Zasso - #40658

New option to disable loading of native addons

A new command line option --no-addons has been added to disallow loading of native addons.

Contributed by Dominic Elm - #39977

Updated Root Certificates

Root certificates have been updated to those from Mozilla's Network Security Services 3.71.

Contributed by Richard Lau - #40280

Other Notable Changes

• [0d448eaab5] - (SEMVER-MINOR) crypto: make FIPS related options always available (Vít Ondruch) #36341
• [004eafbebf] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add unsubscribe method to non-active DC channels (simon-id) #40433
• [625be7585d] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add return value for DC channel.unsubscribe (simon-id) #40433
• [607bc74eae] - (SEMVER-MINOR) module: support pattern trailers (Guy Bedford) #39635
• [f74fe2a59c] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: make napi_create_reference accept symbol (JckXia) #39926

Commits

• [0231ffa501] - build: add --without-corepack (Jonah Snider) #41060
• [5389b8ab05] - crypto: update root certificates (Richard Lau) #40280
• [0d448eaab5] - (SEMVER-MINOR) crypto: make FIPS related options always available (Vít Ondruch) #36341
• [cd20ecc7cb] - deps: upgrade Corepack to 0.10 (Maël Nison) #40374
• [737df75e17] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: add corepack (Maël Nison) #39608
• [b85aa5a143] - deps: upgrade npm to 6.14.16 (Ruy Adorno) #41603
• [2755d391a5] - deps: update ICU to 70.1 (Michaël Zasso) #40658
• [3089326d89] - deps: update archs files for OpenSSL-1.1.1m (Richard Lau) #41173
• [59da7c12aa] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to 1.1.1m (Richard Lau) #41173
• [cede1f26f6] - deps: add -fno-strict-aliasing flag to libuv (Daniel Bevenius) #40631
• [4477da858f] - doc: fix corepack grammar for --force flag (Steven) #40762
• [5971d58600] - doc: add missing YAML tag in esm.md (Antoine du Hamel) #41516
• [e903798ae1] - doc: add note regarding unfinished TLA (Antoine du Hamel) #41434
• [a90defebcf] - esm: make process.exit() default to exit code 0 (Gang Chen) #41388
• [fc328f1ab0] - fs: nullish coalescing to respect zero positional reads (Omar El-Mihilmy) #40716
• [004eafbebf] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add unsubscribe method to non-active DC channels (simon-id) #40433
• [625be7585d] - (SEMVER-MINOR) lib: add return value for DC channel.unsubscribe (simon-id) #40433
• [2c365961d0] - module: support pattern trailers for imports field (Guy Bedford) #40041
• [607bc74eae] - (SEMVER-MINOR) module: support pattern trailers (Guy Bedford) #39635
• [f74fe2a59c] - (SEMVER-MINOR) src: make napi_create_reference accept symbol (JckXia) #39926
• [b050c65885] - src: add option to disable loading native addons (Dominic Elm) #39977
• [c1695ac68a] - tools: update certdata.txt (Richard Lau) #40280