Revert "child_process: change windowsHide default to true"

This reverts commit 420d8afe3db22ad703e74892f58f9e32d34ff699.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/24034
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Shelley Vohr <codebytere@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ujjwal Sharma <usharma1998@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Bartosz Sosnowski <bartosz@janeasystems.com>
Reviewed-By: Ali Ijaz Sheikh <ofrobots@google.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
index b2a6e443f9..7ba83b3528 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ exec('"my script.cmd" a b', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.90
 changes:
-  - version: v11.0.0
-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21316
-    description: The `windowsHide` option now defaults to `true`.
   - version: v8.8.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15380
     description: The `windowsHide` option is supported now.
@@ -156,7 +153,7 @@ changes:
   * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process (see setuid(2)).
   * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process (see setgid(2)).
   * `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would
-    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `true`.
+    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
 * `callback` {Function} called with the output when process terminates.
   * `error` {Error}
   * `stdout` {string|Buffer}
@@ -235,9 +232,6 @@ lsExample();
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.91
 changes:
-  - version: v11.0.0
-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21316
-    description: The `windowsHide` option now defaults to `true`.
   - version: v8.8.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15380
     description: The `windowsHide` option is supported now.
@@ -257,7 +251,7 @@ changes:
   * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process (see setuid(2)).
   * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process (see setgid(2)).
   * `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would
-    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `true`.
+    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
   * `windowsVerbatimArguments` {boolean} No quoting or escaping of arguments is
     done on Windows. Ignored on Unix. **Default:** `false`.
   * `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses
@@ -381,9 +375,6 @@ The `shell` option available in [`child_process.spawn()`][] is not supported by
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.90
 changes:
-  - version: v11.0.0
-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21316
-    description: The `windowsHide` option now defaults to `true`.
   - version: v8.8.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15380
     description: The `windowsHide` option is supported now.
@@ -417,7 +408,7 @@ changes:
     done on Windows. Ignored on Unix. This is set to `true` automatically
     when `shell` is specified and is CMD. **Default:** `false`.
   * `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would
-    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `true`.
+    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
 * Returns: {ChildProcess}
 
 The `child_process.spawn()` method spawns a new process using the given
@@ -690,9 +681,6 @@ changes:
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22409
     description: The `input` option can now be any `TypedArray` or a
                  `DataView`.
-  - version: v11.0.0
-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21316
-    description: The `windowsHide` option now defaults to `true`.
   - version: v8.8.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15380
     description: The `windowsHide` option is supported now.
@@ -727,7 +715,7 @@ changes:
   * `encoding` {string} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs.
     **Default:** `'buffer'`.
   * `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would
-    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `true`.
+    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
   * `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses
     `'/bin/sh'` on UNIX, and `process.env.ComSpec` on Windows. A different
     shell can be specified as a string. See [Shell Requirements][] and
@@ -760,9 +748,6 @@ changes:
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22409
     description: The `input` option can now be any `TypedArray` or a
                  `DataView`.
-  - version: v11.0.0
-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21316
-    description: The `windowsHide` option now defaults to `true`.
   - version: v8.8.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15380
     description: The `windowsHide` option is supported now.
@@ -796,7 +781,7 @@ changes:
   * `encoding` {string} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs.
     **Default:** `'buffer'`.
   * `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would
-    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `true`.
+    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
 * Returns: {Buffer|string} The stdout from the command.
 
 The `child_process.execSync()` method is generally identical to
@@ -822,9 +807,6 @@ changes:
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/22409
     description: The `input` option can now be any `TypedArray` or a
                  `DataView`.
-  - version: v11.0.0
-    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21316
-    description: The `windowsHide` option now defaults to `true`.
   - version: v8.8.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/15380
     description: The `windowsHide` option is supported now.
@@ -869,7 +851,7 @@ changes:
     done on Windows. Ignored on Unix. This is set to `true` automatically
     when `shell` is specified and is CMD. **Default:** `false`.
   * `windowsHide` {boolean} Hide the subprocess console window that would
-    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `true`.
+    normally be created on Windows systems. **Default:** `false`.
 * Returns: {Object}
   * `pid` {number} Pid of the child process.
   * `output` {Array} Array of results from stdio output.