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+ ┌──────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Release notes for i3 v4.1.1  │
+ └──────────────────────────────┘
+
+This is the first minor release of i3 v4.1. It is a bugfix release and
+considered stable. All users of i3 v4.1 are strongly encouraged to upgrade.
+
+Happy holidays and enjoy i3 :).
+
+i3 developers will be present at 28C3 in Berlin and FOSDEM 2012 in Brussels.
+Please get in touch and have a nice chat with us :).
+
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Changes in v4.1.1          │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • Create a secure temp path instead of a predictable one
+  • ipc: set CLOEXEC on client file descriptors
+  • Fix prototype in include/xcursor.h
+  • Bugfix: Skip dock clients when handling FocusIn events
+  • Bugfix: Fix fullscreen with floating windows
+  • Bugfix: Fix startup when RandR is not present
+  • Bugfix: Retain window position and size when changing floating border
+  • Bugfix: Disallow focusing dock clients via criteria
+  • Bugfix: Don’t create a workspace named 'back_and_forth' on startup
+  • Bugfix: Fix wrong focus in complex tabbed/stacked layouts
+  • Bugfix: Fix resizing for (e.g.) v-split containers in h-split containers
+  • Bugfix: Fix 'resize' command in nested containers
+  • Bugfix: Don’t set the _NET_WM_WORKAREA hint at all
+  • Bugfix: Skip leading whitespace in variable assignments
+  • Bugfix: Make resizing of tiling windows with floating_modifier use absolute
+    coordinates
+  • Bugfix: Make resizing work when pressing floating_modifier + right mouse
+    button on window decorations
+  • Bugfix: Fix setting the same mark repeatedly on different windows
+  • Bugfix: Disallow focusing other windows when in fullscreen mode
+  • Bugfix: Ignore ConfigureRequests with out-of-bound coordinates
+  • Bugfix: Correctly check boundaries and reassign floating windows when
+    moving
+  • Bugfix: Don’t close workspace when there are still floating windows on it
+
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Thanks!                    │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
+
+  aksr, ben, biiter, binzter, cg, cradle, f8l, gregkh, Han, Miguel, mseed,
+  noxxun, Phlogistique
+
+-- Michael Stapelberg, 2011-12-24