Required to support the shared library builds on AIX - this sets the
shared library suffix within GYP to .a instead of .so on AIX
My patch: https://codereview.chromium.org/2492233002/ was landed as
as part of this one which fixed some other (not required, but
included for completeness of the backport) changes:

Ref: https://codereview.chromium.org/2511733005/
PR-URL: #9675

Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

Updates to build the shared library version of node on AIX. Adds the
same functionality to AIX that was added on Linux under this:

Ref: #6994

PR-URL: #9675
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

Required to support the shared library builds on AIX - this sets the
shared library suffix within GYP to .a instead of .so on AIX
My patch: https://codereview.chromium.org/2492233002/ was landed as
as part of this one which fixed some other (not required, but
included for completeness of the backport) changes:

Ref: https://codereview.chromium.org/2511733005/
PR-URL: #9675

Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

Updates to build the shared library version of node on AIX. Adds the
same functionality to AIX that was added on Linux under this:

Ref: #6994

PR-URL: #9675
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

Required to support the shared library builds on AIX - this sets the
shared library suffix within GYP to .a instead of .so on AIX
My patch: https://codereview.chromium.org/2492233002/ was landed as
as part of this one which fixed some other (not required, but
included for completeness of the backport) changes:

Ref: https://codereview.chromium.org/2511733005/
PR-URL: #9675

Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

Updates to build the shared library version of node on AIX. Adds the
same functionality to AIX that was added on Linux under this:

Ref: #6994

PR-URL: #9675
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

Required to support the shared library builds on AIX - this sets the
shared library suffix within GYP to .a instead of .so on AIX
My patch: https://codereview.chromium.org/2492233002/ was landed as
as part of this one which fixed some other (not required, but
included for completeness of the backport) changes:

Ref: https://codereview.chromium.org/2511733005/
PR-URL: #9675

Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

Updates to build the shared library version of node on AIX. Adds the
same functionality to AIX that was added on Linux under this:

Ref: #6994

PR-URL: #9675
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>

This LTS release comes with 180 commits. This includes 117 which are
test related, 34 which are doc related, 15 which are build / tool
related, and 1 commit which is an update to dependencies.

Notable Changes:

* build:
  - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
    (Stewart Addison) #9675
* repl:
  - Passing options to the repl will no longer overwrite defaults
    (cjihrig) #7826
* timers:
  - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
    (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #9685

PR-URL: #10395

This LTS release comes with 312 commits. This includes 229 that are
test related, 62 that are docs related, 17 which are build / tools
related, and 4 commits which are updates to dependencies.

Notable Changes:

* build:
  - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
    (Stewart Addison) #9675
* deps:
    - *npm*: upgrade npm to 3.10.10 (Rebecca Turner)
             #9847
    - *V8*: Destructuring of arrow function arguments via computed
            property no longer throws (Michaël Zasso)
            #10386)
* inspector:
  - /json/version returns object, not an object wrapped in an array
    (Ben Noordhuis) #9762
* module:
  - using --debug-brk and --eval together now works as expected
    (Kelvin Jin) #8876
* process:
  - improve performance of nextTick up to 20% (Evan Lucas)
    #8932
* repl:
    - the division operator will no longer be accidentally parsed as
      regex (Teddy Katz) #10103
    - improved support for generator functions (Teddy Katz)
      #9852
* timers:
  - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
    (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #9685

PR-URL: #10394

This LTS release comes with 312 commits. This includes 229 that are
test related, 62 that are docs related, 17 which are build / tools
related, and 4 commits which are updates to dependencies.

Notable Changes:

* build:
  - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
    (Stewart Addison) #9675
* deps:
    - *npm*: upgrade npm to 3.10.10 (Rebecca Turner)
             #9847
    - *V8*: Destructuring of arrow function arguments via computed
            property no longer throws (Michaël Zasso)
            #10386)
* inspector:
  - /json/version returns object, not an object wrapped in an array
    (Ben Noordhuis) #9762
* module:
  - using --debug-brk and --eval together now works as expected
    (Kelvin Jin) #8876
* process:
  - improve performance of nextTick up to 20% (Evan Lucas)
    #8932
* repl:
    - the division operator will no longer be accidentally parsed as
      regex (Teddy Katz) #10103
    - improved support for generator functions (Teddy Katz)
      #9852
* timers:
  - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
    (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #9685

PR-URL: #10394

This LTS release comes with 180 commits. This includes 117 which are
test related, 34 which are doc related, 15 which are build / tool
related, and 1 commit which is an update to dependencies.

Notable Changes:

* build:
  - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
    (Stewart Addison) #9675
* repl:
  - Passing options to the repl will no longer overwrite defaults
    (cjihrig) #7826
* timers:
  - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
    (Jeremiah Senkpiel) #9685

PR-URL: #10395

    This LTS release comes with 180 commits. This includes 117 which are
    test related, 34 which are doc related, 15 which are build / tool
    related, and 1 commit which is an update to dependencies.

    Notable Changes:

    * build:
      - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
        (Stewart Addison) nodejs/node#9675
    * repl:
      - Passing options to the repl will no longer overwrite defaults
        (cjihrig) nodejs/node#7826
    * timers:
      - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
        (Jeremiah Senkpiel) nodejs/node#9685

    PR-URL: nodejs/node#10395

Signed-off-by: Ilkka Myller <ilkka.myller@nodefield.com>

    This LTS release comes with 312 commits. This includes 229 that are
    test related, 62 that are docs related, 17 which are build / tools
    related, and 4 commits which are updates to dependencies.

    Notable Changes:

    * build:
      - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
        (Stewart Addison) nodejs/node#9675
    * deps:
        - *npm*: upgrade npm to 3.10.10 (Rebecca Turner)
                 nodejs/node#9847
        - *V8*: Destructuring of arrow function arguments via computed
                property no longer throws (Michaël Zasso)
                nodejs/node#10386)
    * inspector:
      - /json/version returns object, not an object wrapped in an array
        (Ben Noordhuis) nodejs/node#9762
    * module:
      - using --debug-brk and --eval together now works as expected
        (Kelvin Jin) nodejs/node#8876
    * process:
      - improve performance of nextTick up to 20% (Evan Lucas)
        nodejs/node#8932
    * repl:
        - the division operator will no longer be accidentally parsed as
          regex (Teddy Katz) nodejs/node#10103
        - improved support for generator functions (Teddy Katz)
          nodejs/node#9852
    * timers:
      - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
        (Jeremiah Senkpiel) nodejs/node#9685

    PR-URL: nodejs/node#10394

Signed-off-by: Ilkka Myller <ilkka.myller@nodefield.com>

    This LTS release comes with 180 commits. This includes 117 which are
    test related, 34 which are doc related, 15 which are build / tool
    related, and 1 commit which is an update to dependencies.

    Notable Changes:

    * build:
      - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
        (Stewart Addison) nodejs/node#9675
    * repl:
      - Passing options to the repl will no longer overwrite defaults
        (cjihrig) nodejs/node#7826
    * timers:
      - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
        (Jeremiah Senkpiel) nodejs/node#9685

    PR-URL: nodejs/node#10395

Signed-off-by: Ilkka Myller <ilkka.myller@nodefield.com>

    This LTS release comes with 312 commits. This includes 229 that are
    test related, 62 that are docs related, 17 which are build / tools
    related, and 4 commits which are updates to dependencies.

    Notable Changes:

    * build:
      - shared library support is now working for AIX builds
        (Stewart Addison) nodejs/node#9675
    * deps:
        - *npm*: upgrade npm to 3.10.10 (Rebecca Turner)
                 nodejs/node#9847
        - *V8*: Destructuring of arrow function arguments via computed
                property no longer throws (Michaël Zasso)
                nodejs/node#10386)
    * inspector:
      - /json/version returns object, not an object wrapped in an array
        (Ben Noordhuis) nodejs/node#9762
    * module:
      - using --debug-brk and --eval together now works as expected
        (Kelvin Jin) nodejs/node#8876
    * process:
      - improve performance of nextTick up to 20% (Evan Lucas)
        nodejs/node#8932
    * repl:
        - the division operator will no longer be accidentally parsed as
          regex (Teddy Katz) nodejs/node#10103
        - improved support for generator functions (Teddy Katz)
          nodejs/node#9852
    * timers:
      - Re canceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
        (Jeremiah Senkpiel) nodejs/node#9685

    PR-URL: nodejs/node#10394

Signed-off-by: Ilkka Myller <ilkka.myller@nodefield.com>