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 author: Shelley Vohr
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+This release includes macOS package notarization and a change in builder configuration.
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+The macOS binaries for this release, and future 12.x releases, are now being compiled on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) with Xcode 11 to support package notarization, a requirement for installing .pkg files on macOS 10.15 and later. Previous builds of Node.js 12.x were compiled on macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) with a minimum deployment target of macOS 10.10 (Yosemite). As binaries are still being compiled to support a minimum of macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) we do not anticipate this having a negative impact on Node.js 12.x users with older versions of macOS.
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 ### Notable Changes
 
 * **doc**: