&gt;<i>Having just started learning about and using node, I read this release note and then this made me say to myself, &quot;What the fuck?&quot;</i><p>If you&#x27;ve started learning node, then it probably makes sense to follow the community portals and news too. In which case you&#x27;d known about io.js and the 4.x thing.<p>In other words, get into the whole project &#x2F; community &#x2F; culture.