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Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor. In my experience it is absolutely stable and as bug free as software can be. However

Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor. In my experience it is absolutely stable and as bug free as software can be. However, I'm not sure how well maintained it is. I fear all the time that the author, jps, has quit, but then every few months he has a development sprint and releases a new version. I'd rather have it permanently called "beta" but a minor update every month, than one version declared finished, with rare or no updates afterwards.

jrimbault 10y ago
Didn't they hire wbond "recently" (like a year ago) ? wbond is the author of Package Control for ST and I think he lurks here sometime.
Philipp__ 10y ago
That's true. Sublime 3 never felt like "beta" software. But as somebody said below, I am afraid of people quitting and leaving it to die slowly (like TextMate died) and that's the reason why I was hesitate to buy it for so long. Nobody guarantees if the developers drop the ball for some hypothetic reason thing will go open source, even that is not guaranteeing anything (again TextMate's case).
- intoverflow2 10y ago
  > like TextMate died Textmate is still in development and has a good few releases a year. Last commit was a month ago but I think Allan likes to work a few months then have a few off.
  - zero_ 10y ago
    It's still in my dock. It feels great on macOS and it is lightweight.
- armandososa 10y ago
  If you like it, and you're afraid that it will be abandoned then don't hesitate to pay. I'm sure money is an incentive to keep working on it. I paid for S2 and S3 and I'm happy to have done so.
  - Philipp__ 10y ago
    You can see my response comment below. But what has been holding me the most are Vim and Emacs, since I've used them exclusively for last 4 years.
- Beltiras 10y ago
  A week's worth of Starbucks. For software you have probably used a lot already.
  - Philipp__ 10y ago
    I am student, and not from rich enough country. We don't even have Starbucks. But I don't want it to be excuse. With this new update, Sublime feels fresh again, and I think it will be worth investing into.
greenhatman 10y ago
That's true. I've been using Sublime for years and I've never had a bug or a crash. It pretty much perfect. And it's blazing fast. I actually even use its fuzzy search to search my harddrive sometimes. Because I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows.
- pier25 10y ago
  > I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows. https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
  - haddr 10y ago
    Wow this looks really cool! I didn't know it before... There is another one that i'm using: tracker, but it's less cool.
  - andrepd 10y ago
    That's not quite like Search Everything, which is just a tool for searching files by name. In that vein though, see also Synapse: https://launchpad.net/synapse-project https://launchpad.net/synapse-project
    - pier25 10y ago
      True, but searching by name it's one of the main features of Albert and it's certainly more convenient than using ST to search your computer.
      - tedmiston 10y ago
        s/Albert/Alfred
    - greglindahl 10y ago
      Have you tried 'locate' ?
- 10y ago
doodpants 10y ago
> Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor. I disagree. The name is the developer's way of telling you whether the software should be considered ready for general use. As long as it's called "beta", I'm not going to second guess the developer's judgement; I'll wait until the release version of ST3 before upgrading from ST2.
calferreira 10y ago
Yup, remember Gmail ? It took years to go out of beta, didn't see anyone complain or worried.

jrimbault 10y ago

Didn't they hire wbond "recently" (like a year ago) ? wbond is the author of Package Control for ST and I think he lurks here sometime.

Philipp__ 10y ago

That's true. Sublime 3 never felt like "beta" software. But as somebody said below, I am afraid of people quitting and leaving it to die slowly (like TextMate died) and that's the reason why I was hesitate to buy it for so long. Nobody guarantees if the developers drop the ball for some hypothetic reason thing will go open source, even that is not guaranteeing anything (again TextMate's case).

intoverflow2 10y ago
> like TextMate died Textmate is still in development and has a good few releases a year. Last commit was a month ago but I think Allan likes to work a few months then have a few off.
- zero_ 10y ago
  It's still in my dock. It feels great on macOS and it is lightweight.
armandososa 10y ago
If you like it, and you're afraid that it will be abandoned then don't hesitate to pay. I'm sure money is an incentive to keep working on it. I paid for S2 and S3 and I'm happy to have done so.
- Philipp__ 10y ago
  You can see my response comment below. But what has been holding me the most are Vim and Emacs, since I've used them exclusively for last 4 years.
Beltiras 10y ago
A week's worth of Starbucks. For software you have probably used a lot already.
- Philipp__ 10y ago
  I am student, and not from rich enough country. We don't even have Starbucks. But I don't want it to be excuse. With this new update, Sublime feels fresh again, and I think it will be worth investing into.

greenhatman 10y ago

That's true. I've been using Sublime for years and I've never had a bug or a crash. It pretty much perfect. And it's blazing fast. I actually even use its fuzzy search to search my harddrive sometimes. Because I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows.

pier25 10y ago
> I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows. https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
- haddr 10y ago
  Wow this looks really cool! I didn't know it before... There is another one that i'm using: tracker, but it's less cool.
- andrepd 10y ago
  That's not quite like Search Everything, which is just a tool for searching files by name. In that vein though, see also Synapse: https://launchpad.net/synapse-project https://launchpad.net/synapse-project
  - pier25 10y ago
    True, but searching by name it's one of the main features of Albert and it's certainly more convenient than using ST to search your computer.
    - tedmiston 10y ago
      s/Albert/Alfred
  - greglindahl 10y ago
    Have you tried 'locate' ?
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doodpants 10y ago

> Release or not release is just a name. You shouldn't let that be a factor. I disagree. The name is the developer's way of telling you whether the software should be considered ready for general use. As long as it's called "beta", I'm not going to second guess the developer's judgement; I'll wait until the release version of ST3 before upgrading from ST2.

calferreira 10y ago

Yup, remember Gmail ? It took years to go out of beta, didn't see anyone complain or worried.