RELEASE-NOTES-4.14.1

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 │ Release notes for i3 v4.14.1 │
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This is i3 v4.14.1. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
strongly encouraged to upgrade.

This is a bugfix release for v4.14.

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  • docs/hacking-howto: promote contributing-related sections
  • docs/ipc: tree reply: document focus, nodes and floating_nodes
  • docs/ipc: urgent: complete the list of container types
  • docs/ipc: document how to detect i3’s byte order in memory-safe languages
  • docs/ipc: document the (existing since v4.14) GET_CONFIG request
  • docs/userguide: document that i3 can accept RandR output names
  • include AnyEvent-I3 in dist tarballs
  • append_layout: validate JSON before loading
  • move: fix erratic behavior with single container child jumping outputs
  • ipc: rename COMMAND to RUN_COMMAND for consistency
  • replace http:// with https:// where applicable

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  • fix various memory errors
  • fix output and tray_output related issues with RandR 1.5
  • avoid use of uninitialized in init_dpi_end
  • properly initialize sigaction struct
  • swap: invert condition to log debug message in correct situation
  • swap: fix crash on invalid container id
  • fix a crash when restarting with marks
  • i3bar: fix a memory leak
  • test workers: re-seed random number generator after fork
  • tests: run environment-modifying 533-randr15.t at the very end
  • tests: unflake t/257-keypress-group1-fallback.t
  • tests: unflake t/263-edge-borders.t
  • tests: unflake tests by not starting i3bar
  • fix a crash with configfiles which do not end in a newline.
  • append_layout: free incomplete containers when JSON parsing fails
  • layout toggle: fix crash with invalid parameters
  • outputs: avert crash by fixing focus when creating output containers
  • correctly raise floating videos to the top when switching between windows
    programmatically
  • fix crash when a floating window is tiled while being resized via mouse

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 │ Thanks!                    │
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Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:

  hwangcc23, Ingo Bürk, Kent Fredric, Martin T. H. Sandsmark, Orestis Floros,
  Theo Buehler, Vladimir Panteleev 

-- Michael Stapelberg, 2017-09-24