diff --git a/DEPENDS b/DEPENDS
index 61fb9586..32f1d460 100644
--- a/DEPENDS
+++ b/DEPENDS
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 │ Xlib        │ 1.3.3  │ 1.4.3  │ http://ftp.x.org/pub/current/src/lib/  │
 │ PCRE        │ 8.12   │ 8.12   │ http://www.pcre.org/                   │
 │ libsn¹      │ 0.10   │ 0.12   │ http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/startup-notification
+│ pango       │ 1.30.0 | 1.30.0 │ http://www.pango.org/                  │
+│ cairo       │ 1.12.2 │ 1.12.2 │ http://cairographics.org/              │
 └─────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘
  ¹ libsn = libstartup-notification
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.3 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7153d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.3
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+
+ ┌──────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Release notes for i3 v4.3    │
+ └──────────────────────────────┘
+
+This is the third release of the new major version of i3, v4.3. It is
+considered stable. All users of i3 are strongly encouraged to upgrade.
+
+One of the most visible changes is probably that commands which lead to an
+  error will now spawn i3-nagbar. This will make you immediately aware of
+  problems such as typos in your configuration file (such as "bindsym $mod+x exc
+  firefox" instead of "exec"). This is not restricted to parser errors, but all
+  errors (such as when trying to move a window to another workspace without
+  actually having a window focused). If this is annoying to you for some specific
+  key configuration, you can turn it off by replacing a binding like:
+      bindsym $mod+x move absolute position center
+  with something like this:
+      bindsym $mod+x exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move absolute position center >/dev/null 2>&1
+  (Yes, this is somewhat painful, but intended. You should not suppress errors in
+  general, so we don’t want to make it too easy.)
+
+
+We also made the orientation (horizontal/vertical) part of the layout
+  mechanism: Before, we got the default layout and you could change
+  orientation. Now, there are two new layouts "splitv" and "splith", which
+  replace the default layout. The "split h" and "split v" commands continue to
+  work as before, they split the current container and you will end up in a
+  split container with layout splith (after "split h") or splitv (after "split
+  v").
+
+  To change a splith container into a splitv container, use either "layout
+  splitv" or "layout toggle split". The latter command is used in the
+  default config as mod+l (previously "layout default"). In case you have
+  "layout default" in your config file, it is recommended to just replace
+  it by "layout toggle split", which will work as "layout default" did
+  before when pressing it once, but toggle between horizontal/vertical
+  when pressing it repeatedly.
+
+  The rationale behind this commit is that it’s cleaner to have all
+  parameters that influence how windows are rendered in the layout itself
+  rather than having a special parameter in combination with only one
+  layout. This enables us to change existing split containers in all cases
+  without breaking existing features (see ticket #464). Also, users should
+  feel more confident about whether they are actually splitting or just
+  changing an existing split container now.
+
+  As a nice side-effect, this commit brings back the "layout toggle"
+  feature we once had in i3 version 3 (see the userguide).
+
+
+Another very important change is that we now support pango for rendering text.
+  The default is still to use misc-fixed (X core fonts), but you can use a font
+  specification starting with "xft:" now, such as "xft:DejaVu Sans Mono 10" and
+  i3 will use pango. The sole motivation for this is NOT to have fancier window
+  decorations, but to support fonts which have more glyphs (think Japanese for
+  example) and to support right-to-left rendering (open http://www.ftpal.net/
+  for an example). Supporting users from all over the planet is important, and
+  as such I would strongly advise distribution packagers to leave pango support
+  in. In case you are working on a very low-spec embedded device, it is easy
+  enough to disable pango support, see common.mk.
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Changes in v4.3            │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • docs/refcard: update for v4
+  • docs/userguide: clarify the default for focus_follows_mouse and new_window
+  • docs/userguide: add section about implicit containers
+  • docs/ipc: document the 'window' field in the GET_TREE reply
+  • docs/ipc: update links to ipc libraries
+  • docs/ipc: make the reply sections consistent
+  • docs/i3bar-protocol: add example (illustration-only!) shell script
+  • man/i3bar.man: reference i3bar-protocol
+  • IPC: Commands now lead to proper error messages in general. If we forgot
+    about a specific one, please open a ticket.
+  • IPC: implement GET_VERSION to find out the i3 version
+  • i3-dump-log now comes with a massively more helpful error message that
+    should cover all the use cases.
+  • 'workspace number <number>' now opens a new workspace
+  • 'workspace number <number>' now works with the back_and_forth option
+  • Allow focus with target (criteria) when in fullscreen mode in some cases
+  • Allow focus child/parent when in fullscreen mode
+  • Restrict directional focus when in fullscreen mode
+  • Prevent moving out of fullscreen containers
+  • Add 'move to workspace current' (useful when used with criteria)
+  • replace loglevels by a global debug logging
+  • make: new makefile layout
+  • make: canonicalize path when compiling. This leads to sth like
+    ../i3-4.2/src/main.c in backtraces, clearly identifying i3 code.
+  • automatically hide i3bar when it’s unneeded (after urgency hints)
+  • i3-config-wizard: use the level 0 keysym whenever it’s unambiguous
+  • i3-nagbar: use custom scripts to work around different terminal emulators
+    using different ways of interpreting the arguments to -e
+  • i3-sensible-terminal: add xfce4-terminal
+  • default config: require confirmation when exiting i3
+  • Display i3-nagbar when a command leads to an error.
+  • testcases: complete-run now supports --xtrace
+  • testcases: handle EAGAIN (fixes hangs)
+  • testcases: handle test bailouts
+  • Introduce splith/splitv layouts, remove orientation
+  • Implement hide_edge_borders option
+  • Support _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW ClientMessages
+  • Set I3_PID atom on the X11 root window
+  • Implement i3 --moreversion, handy for figuring out whether you run the
+    latest binary which is installed.
+  • i3bar: be less strict about the {"version":1} JSON header
+  • shm-logging: implement i3-dump-log -f (follow)
+  • Implement pango support
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Bugfixes                   │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • Fix floating precision bug when floating windows are moved between outputs.
+  • i3bar won’t crash when full_text is missing or null in the JSON input
+  • When having "workspace number 1" in your config, there will no longer be a
+    stray workspace "number 1".
+  • i3.config.keycodes used bindsym instead of bindcode for the arrow key
+    resizing bindings by mistake
+  • Fix 'move to workspace' when used with criteria
+  • Handle clicks to the very left edge of i3bar
+  • When using i3 -C, don’t send remaining arguments as an IPC command
+  • Fix reload crashes in rare cases
+  • i3bar: inform all clients of new tray selection owner (fixes tray problems
+    with X-Chat and possibly others)
+  • resizing: traverse containers up properly (fixes non-working resizing when
+    having a h-split within a h-split for example)
+  • Fix floating coordinates when moving assigned workspaces
+  • Properly fix floating coordinates when disabling outputs
+  • floating_fix_coordinates: properly deal with negative positions
+  • floating windows: add deco_height only when in normal border mode (fixes
+    initial floating window position/size when using a different default border
+    setting).
+  • Fix moving scratchpad window
+  • Cleanup zero-byte logfile on immediate exit (they are created by i3
+    --get-socketpath for example).
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Thanks!                    │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
+
+  aksr, Axel Wagner, darkraven, David Coppa, eeemsi, Felicitus, Fernando Tarlá
+  Cardoso Lemos, Iakov Davydov, jh, Julius Plenz, Marcel Hellwig, Marcus,
+  Michael Stapelberg, mloskot, Moritz Bandemer, oblique, Ondrej Grover, Pavel
+  Löbl, Philipp Middendorf, prg, Quentin Glidic, somelauw, stfn, tucos,
+  TunnelWicht, Valentin Haenel
+
+-- Michael Stapelberg, 2012-08-18