---
date: '2012-07-08T22:00:00.000Z'
category: release
title: Version 0.8.2 (stable)
layout: blog-post
author: The Node.js Project
---

2012.07.09, Version 0.8.2 (Stable)

- npm: Upgrade to 1.1.36

- readline: don't use Function#call() (Nathan Rajlich)

- Code cleanup to pass 'use strict' (Jonas Westerlund)

- module: add filename to require() json errors (TJ Holowaychuk)

- readline: fix for unicode prompts (Tim Macfarlane)

- timers: fix handling of large timeouts (Ben Noordhuis)

- repl: fix passing an empty line inserting "undefined" into the buffer (Nathan Rajlich)

- repl: fix crashes when buffering command (Maciej Małecki)

- build: rename strict_aliasing to node_no_strict_aliasing (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: disable -fstrict-aliasing for any gcc < 4.6.0 (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: detect cc version with -dumpversion (Ben Noordhuis)

- build: handle output of localized gcc or clang (Ben Noordhuis)

- unix: fix memory corruption in freebsd.c (Ben Noordhuis)

- unix: fix 'zero handles, one request' busy loop (Ben Noordhuis)

- unix: fix busy loop on unexpected tcp message (Ben Noordhuis)

- unix: fix EINPROGRESS busy loop (Ben Noordhuis)

Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.2/node-v0.8.2.tar.gz

Macintosh Installer (Universal): https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.2/node-v0.8.2.pkg

Windows Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.2/node-v0.8.2-x86.msi

Windows x64 Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.2/x64/node-v0.8.2-x64.msi

Windows x64 Files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.2/x64/

Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.2/

Website: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.8.2/

Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.8.2/api/

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