v3.0.0

This version is mainly a release to distribute all the unreleased changes on master since 2017 and additionally removes a lot of old deprecated features and internals in preparation for an upcoming modernization refactor (v4).

Breaking Changes

• Dropped support for Node.js < 6
• Dropped support for hiredis (no longer required)
• Removed previously deprecated drain event
• Removed previously deprecated idle event
• Removed previously deprecated parser option
• Removed previously deprecated max_delay option
• Removed previously deprecated max_attempts option
• Removed previously deprecated socket_no_delay option

Bug Fixes

• Removed development files from published package (#1370)
• Duplicate function now allows db param to be passed (#1311)

Features

• Upgraded to latest redis-commands package
• Upgraded to latest redis-parser package, v3.0.0, which brings performance improvements
• Replaced double-ended-queue with denque, which brings performance improvements
• Add timestamps to debug traces
• Add socket_initial_delay option for socket.setKeepAlive (#1396)
• Add support for rediss protocol in url (#1282)