Preparation for 2018.12.1 point release (#3708)

* Preparation for 2018.12.1 point release
* Add info for failing PlatformService test on Windows CI agent
* Remove use of node.os package in favour of the 'arch' package to test is64bit

Author: d3r3kk

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2018.12.1 (14 Dec 2018)
+
+### Fixes
+
+1. Lowering threshold for Language Server support on a platform.
+   ([#3693](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/3693))
+1. Fix bug affecting multiple linters used in a workspace.
+   (thanks [Ilia Novoselov](https://github.com/nullie))
+   ([#3700](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/3700))
+
 ## 2018.12.0 (13 Dec 2018)
 
 ### Thanks

ThirdPartyNotices-Distribution.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "python",
     "displayName": "Python",
     "description": "Linting, Debugging (multi-threaded, remote), Intellisense, code formatting, refactoring, unit tests, snippets, and more.",
-    "version": "2018.12.0",
+    "version": "2018.12.1",
     "languageServerVersion": "0.1.72",
     "publisher": "ms-python",
     "author": {

news/2 Fixes/3693.md

@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ suite('PlatformService', () => {
     });
 
     test('is64bit', async () => {
-        let expected = true;
-        if (os.arch() !== 'x64') {
-            expected = false;
-        }
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-require-imports
+        const arch = require('arch') as typeof import('arch');
+
+        const hostReports64Bit = arch() === 'x64';
         const svc = new PlatformService();
         const result = svc.is64bit;
 
-        expect(result).to.be.equal(expected, 'invalid value');
+        expect(result).to.be.equal(hostReports64Bit, `arch() reports '${arch()}', PlatformService.is64bit reports ${result}.`);
     });
 
     test('getVersion on Mac/Windows', async function () {