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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies #34557

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Many users assume the act of assigning a value to process.title will update
the name of their process in apps like macOS Activity Monitor or Windows
Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in some versions of
Node.js. Ultimately developers are left confused, especially when it works in
one version of Node.js and not another. Given the recurring nature and
complexity of the underlying issue, it does not seem like a resolvable problem.
This note clarifies the source of the problem and sets developer expectations.

Fixes: #34280

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Many users assume the act of assigning a value to `process.title` will update the name of their application in apps like macOS Activity Monitor or Windows Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in some versions of Node.js (see #28945). Ultimately developers are left confused, especially when it works in one version of Node.js and not another. Given the recurring nature and complexity of the underlying problem, it does not seem like a resolvable problem. This note clarifies the source of the problem, sets developer expectations, and closes #34280.
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Thanks Corey, LGTM.

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Trott commented Aug 4, 2020

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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies
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Many users assume the act of assigning a value to `process.title` will
update the name of their application in apps like macOS Activity Monitor
or Windows Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in
some versions of Node.js. Ultimately developers are left confused,
especially when it works in one version of Node.js and not another.
Given the recurring nature and complexity of the underlying problem, it
does not seem like a resolvable problem. This note clarifies the source
of the problem, sets developer expectations.

Refs: #28945
PR-URL: #34557
Fixes: #34280
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
codebytere pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 6, 2020
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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies
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Many users assume the act of assigning a value to `process.title` will
update the name of their application in apps like macOS Activity Monitor
or Windows Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in
some versions of Node.js. Ultimately developers are left confused,
especially when it works in one version of Node.js and not another.
Given the recurring nature and complexity of the underlying problem, it
does not seem like a resolvable problem. This note clarifies the source
of the problem, sets developer expectations.

Refs: #28945
PR-URL: #34557
Fixes: #34280
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies
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Many users assume the act of assigning a value to `process.title` will
update the name of their application in apps like macOS Activity Monitor
or Windows Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in
some versions of Node.js. Ultimately developers are left confused,
especially when it works in one version of Node.js and not another.
Given the recurring nature and complexity of the underlying problem, it
does not seem like a resolvable problem. This note clarifies the source
of the problem, sets developer expectations.

Refs: #28945
PR-URL: #34557
Fixes: #34280
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
addaleax pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2020
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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies
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Many users assume the act of assigning a value to `process.title` will
update the name of their application in apps like macOS Activity Monitor
or Windows Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in
some versions of Node.js. Ultimately developers are left confused,
especially when it works in one version of Node.js and not another.
Given the recurring nature and complexity of the underlying problem, it
does not seem like a resolvable problem. This note clarifies the source
of the problem, sets developer expectations.

Refs: #28945
PR-URL: #34557
Fixes: #34280
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
addaleax pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2020
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doc: clarify process.title inconsistencies
e67bd9e 
Many users assume the act of assigning a value to `process.title` will
update the name of their application in apps like macOS Activity Monitor
or Windows Services Manager. This has worked in the past, but fails in
some versions of Node.js. Ultimately developers are left confused,
especially when it works in one version of Node.js and not another.
Given the recurring nature and complexity of the underlying problem, it
does not seem like a resolvable problem. This note clarifies the source
of the problem, sets developer expectations.

Refs: #28945
PR-URL: #34557
Fixes: #34280
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
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