Bspwm: in 0.9.6.1 spiral mode is not longer default ?

[icf20]

i noticed that in version 0.9.6.1 spiral mode is not longer respected and windows open in a odd manner

is this intended or is a bug?

workaround: downgrade to 0.9.5.1

[baskerville]

Have you read the CHANGELOG?

[icf20]

Have you read the CHANGELOG?

no i dint, i dont expect software to change the default way it works simple because there is a update :rage:

[rvolosatovs]

I was surprised to see this change of behavior also - I assumed it was a bug at first.
That said, the project still did not reach 1.0.0, so it's fully acceptable.

[HaoZeke]

@icf20 while I was also disappointed, there are no expectations in Foss. You should be more thankful for the project, especially since the changelog explains how to revert to previous behavior.

You should not install software in development if you need a frozen feature set. Try windows instead. Also please read about the project before opening an issue.

That said it is silly for bspwm clone the features of i3. This was discussed a while ago on another issue and the gist was that it was hard for old stacking window manager users to work with the default layout.

I myself switched to i3 anticipating this and other majority based changes.

[icf20]

i let this "fix" in case anyone google this

put this into bspwmrc

bspc config automatic_scheme spiral
bspc config initial_polarity first_child

i hope this help more people that the BS above