[Notion-devel] Notion 4

[Arnout E. <no...@bz...>]

Hello,

There are some cool new developments in Notion! We are planning to
release 'Notion 4' now, which has a couple of bigger,
non-backwards-compatible changes.

We have finally managed to drop all of the code that was released
under the Ion license, which was a modified LGPL license. This mean we
will be able to release Notion 4 under the regular LGPL again. It also
means there might be some features that are now missing or bugs that
might re-appear. I think we've covered all the major ones, but do
report it when you find any further regressions.

The other most noticeable change in Notion 4 is a new default set of
keybindings. You can find a schematic at
https://notionwm.net/notion4keys.html . It is possible to switch back
to the Notion 3 keybindings.

Also, mod_statusbar is now no longer enabled by default, but instead
mod_dock is.

You can find a further overview of changes
https://notionwm.net/migration.html . A more detailed overview can be
found at https://github.com/raboof/notion/releases/tag/untagged-cc2e2e2c941f2b361883

Of course I realize the choice of window manager is a highly personal
one, so even if much of the Notion 3 behaviour can be achieved in
Notion 4 as well, not everyone will have a desire to switch. It is
entirely fine to stay on Notion 3 if you prefer.

We have also been updating some infrastructure:
* The code now lives on github, https://github.com/raboof/notion (and
https://github.com/raboof/notion-doc for the docs)
* For discussions around specific features or topics, feel free to use
the GitHub 'Issues'
* We have our own domain at https://notionwm.net/
* Our IRC chat is still #notion on irc.freenode.net

Before we actually release Notion 4, I would warmly welcome you to
check out the code from github and give it a try, taking into account
the migration guide. It would be lovely to get your feedback, either
here or in the form of github issues.


Kind regards,

Arnout