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How is this different from Window Maker[1]?

[1]: https://www.windowmaker.org/

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From the readme, though I find it a little confusing:

”” Note: Workspace is NOT:

WindowMaker with some patches. WindowMaker with some good configuration defaults only. Another implementation of WindowMaker. It's written from scratch. Some WindowMaker code is a part of Workspace (as well as configuration defaults) to provide window management functions. It's tightly coupled with Workspace to provide seamless intergation. Configurable parameters of the integrated WindowMaker are spread across Workspace's Preferences and Preferences application. Theoretically, Workspace can be used without WindowMaker. However, the current development focus is on a single application to deliver the best user experience.

See the section under Workspace, specifically TFA says:

Note: Workspace is NOT:

        WindowMaker with some patches
        WindowMaker with some good configuration defaults only
        Another implementation of WindowMaker*

The description then goes on to say what it shares in common with WM and what's different in a bit more detail.
Edit: formatting

It seems to be maintained.

WindowMaker is not unmaintained, for what it's worth.

I'd say not wholly unmaintained. It hasn't seen any commits since 2017.

The stable branch hasn't seen any commits since 2017. The last head of the -next branch is from last summer, I think, and the last time I've seen a patch on the mailing list was about three weeks ago.

I'm certain it is still maintained because i occasionally see patches coming in in the development list and in 2018 i submitted a bugfix for icon persistence and a new feature to force client side decorations on windows: https://i.imgur.com/xcVSNaN.jpg
Though i don't know why exactly there hasn't been a new release. The current maintainer is active (he does the merges) and there have been a bunch of features and fixes, so i'm not sure what is going on.

> I'd say not wholly unmaintained. It hasn't seen any commits since 2017.
Has it needed any since then? That's the real question.

Do you have outstanding issues/bugs/feature requests? I remember using it, like, 15 years ago and it was largely feature-complete and mostly bug free.

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