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Big thanks to @addaleax who prepared the vast majority of this release.
Notable changes:
* **Async Hooks**
* Multiple improvements to Promise support in `async_hooks` have been made.
* **Build**
* The compiler version requirement to build Node with GCC has been raised to
GCC 4.9.4.
[[`820b011ed6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/820b011ed6)]
[#13466](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13466)
* **Cluster**
* Users now have more fine-grained control over the inspector port used by
individual cluster workers. Previously, cluster workers would simply
increment from the master's debug port.
[[`dfc46e262a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dfc46e262a)]
[#14140](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14140)
* **DNS**
* The server used for DNS queries can now use a custom port.
[[`ebe7bb29aa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ebe7bb29aa)]
[#13723](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13723)
* Support for `dns.resolveAny()` has been added.
[[`6e30e2558e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e30e2558e)]
[#13137](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13137)
* **npm**
* The `npm` CLI has been updated to version 5.3.0. In particular, it now comes
with the `npx` binary, which is also shipped with Node.
[[`dc3f6b9ac1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dc3f6b9ac1)]
[#14235](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14235)
* `npm` Changelogs:
- [v5.0.4](https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v5.0.4)
- [v5.1.0](https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v5.1.0)
- [v5.2.0](https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v5.2.0)
- [v5.3.0](https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v5.3.0)
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13744