Node.js 8.9.0 is the first official Node.js 8 release to hit LTS status
A JavaScript-based server-side framework Node.js has just moved to long-term support with its new version Node.js 8.9.0 under the codename Carbon and to align with the scheduled end-of-life of Open SSL-1.0.2., this will be sustained till December 31, 2019.
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