Is node v6.11.3 supported?

[jpwesselink]

I tried to run benchmark on node-v6.11.3, and it seems that it needs async to work properly.

$ node -v
v6.11.3
$ npm -v
3.10.10
$ benchmark 
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/fastify-benchmarks/lib/bench.js:7
const doBench = async (handler) => {
                      ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token (

[cagataycali]

Ah, benchmarks depends async capability node 6.x isn't support for now

[cagataycali]

@delvedor, should we support node 6.x?

[delvedor]

Node v6 is the currently LTS and will also be used later when Node v8 will be the new LTS.
So in my opinion yes, we should support Node v6.
@mcollina?

[mcollina]

Node 8 will become active LTS by the end of October. Node 6 will remain active LTS until April 2018, and then go into maintenance.

I do not have a problem in using Node 8 for the time being for these benchmarks, as I just need to run them on Node 8. However, others might want to run this harness on Node 6 as well. I'm ok with that, if someone wants to do the job.