tj/n v6.0.0

6.0.0

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Added

• version specified using release stream codenames, like argon (#423)
• version specified using nightly et al (#376)
• n exec for running arbitrary command with node and npm in PATH (#185)
• n run with legacy aliases of as and use
• n lsr for listing matching remote versions, limited to 20 by default (#383)
• n doctor for displaying diagnostic information
• n install for people used to other products with this command (#524)
• --insecure to disable curl/wget certificate checks
• added npm version to installed message (#210 #484 #574)

Changed

• Breaking wget now checks certificates (secure by default, same as curl setup). (#475 #509)
• failure messages go to stderr instead of stdout
• prefixed N_NODE_MIRROR to eventually replace NODE_MIRROR
• Breaking n ls now lists local download versions (rather than remote versions)
• lookup available versions using index.tab rather than screen-scraping (#560)

Fixed

• download errors display informative message, instead of just Invalid version (#482 #492 et al)
• improve reliability of downloads from custom node mirrors, including removing broken is_oss_ok (#560)
• restrict downloads to versions with architecture available (#463)

Removed

• Breaking support for PROJECT_NAME and PROJECT_URL for custom downloads (#342)