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I think they finally faced the truth that over 90% of users was using "beta" version (actually their words and stats) and listened to some comments on HN. Good

I think they finally faced the truth that over 90% of users was using "beta" version (actually their words and stats) and listened to some comments on HN. Good job guys! I'm glad that my favourite editor is finally out. EDIT: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14424220 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14424220

FichteFoll 9y ago
There is more that goes into declaring a release as "stable" than just having it not crash. For example, take the updated homepage, the licence upgrade process, the proper integration into linux package managers and more. Couple that with the perception of users of things being "stable" having more reliability and them more likely trying it out and finding rare bugs or issues. Just looking at the forum today revealed a couple issues that nobody on the dev releases has discovered or reported. That said, you still have to release a stable version every once in a while and they knew that. Unfortunately it took longer than anticipated.