r3.0-rc1 released 2024-05-19

+ BREAKING CHANGE: --i3-ipc should be preferred over --wrapper "i3-msg exec"
  j4-dmenu-desktop will fail to start with --wrapper containing i3 unless
  --skip-i3-exec-check is passed
+ added PACKAGING.md, BUILDING.md and CONTRIBUTING.md to improve documentation
+ added Meson build system
+ added two new dependencies: spdlog and fmt
+ updated unit tests to make them compatible with the latest Catch2 v3
+ added Inotify and kqueue support for --wait-on mode allowing runtime
  detection of desktop file additions and deletions on program (un)install
+ added logging
+ added i3 IPC support
+ improved compliance with Desktop Entry Specification
+ fixed missing header includes
+ many bugfixes + refactoring of codebase
+ added new history format, which tracks selected entries more accurately
+ added .clang-format file
+ added case-insensitive sort
+ programs with same name will not be displayed several times in dmenu (dmenu
  can't differentiate identical entries, so they all launch the same desktop
  app)
+ added completions for Bash, Fish and ZSH
+ added --version flag

version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-r2.18
+r3.0-rc1