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>Sublime Text's changelog (https://www.sublimetext.com/3 https://www.sublimetext.com/3) depicts the product as essentially abandoned Sublime Text is not abando

>Sublime Text's changelog (https://www.sublimetext.com/3 https://www.sublimetext.com/3) depicts the product as essentially abandoned Sublime Text is not abandoned. Having a glance at Sublime Text 3's update history, as well as the forums, will alleviate any such concern. >On the other hand, the page linked says that the team is expanding. The linked article discusses Sublime Merge, a different product.

pizza234 6y ago
> Sublime Text is not abandoned. Having a glance at Sublime Text 3's update history, as well as the forums, will alleviate any such concern. Based on the history, in the last solar year, the builds have been: - 3211, Oct/19: 4 fixes, plus what I suppose is a functionality, for Mac - 3210, Sep/19: 1 fix That's... all. > The linked article discusses Sublime Merge, a different product. I'm aware of it, but my question still stands, as there is no information in the typical information channels (i.e. blog, twitter). If you write that the forums says so, I trust that, but not updating the blog and twitter (about ST specifically) is generally not a good sign.
- Nicksil 6y ago
  >Based on the history, in the last solar year, the builds have been: > > - 3211, Oct/19: 4 fixes, plus what I suppose is a functionality, for Mac > - 3210, Sep/19: 1 fix > >That's... all. I don't see what you're trying to point out. What about bug-fix updates points to the software being abandoned? I'd argue that it demonstrates the exact opposite. >I'm aware of it, but my question still stands What question? >not updating the blog and twitter (about ST specifically) is generally not a good sign. Perhaps; perhaps not. You may be putting too much weight in their "social" presence instead of looking into the factors that matter most such as ongoing support and development. The team behind Sublime * is tiny compared to other software enjoying similar popularity. I suspect effort is primarily focused on development of the next major version of Sublime Text, the ongoing support of Sublime Text 3, Sublime Merge's newest release, and other projects we don't know about. I can understand a lull in Twitter/blog/etc. presence.
- aspaceman 6y ago
  If you have a Sublime Text 3 license there are additional beta builds available on their discord server. Information is available on their forums and website. Stop spreading such fuddy fud. Latest build was April 28: Changelog: * Auto Complete: Ranking quality improvements * Auto Complete: Added auto_complete_use_history setting to control if previous choices are automatically selected * Added additional settings to control the status bar: show_sidebar_button, show_indentation and show_syntax * Added relative line numbers, controlled by the relative_line_numbers setting * Color Schemes: Added support for the underline font style * Color Schemes: Added new property, inactive_selection_border * Added setting hide_pointer_while_typing * Console now uses Python syntax highlighting by default * Windows, Linux: Added Shift+F10 key binding to open the context menu * Fixed folder dragging in the sidebar * Further improvements in layout preservation when programmatically editing preferences * API: View.add_regions() calls that add an underline now have that underline applied to whitespace characters * API: Added sublime.INHIBIT_REORDER * API: Window.new_html_sheet() now accepts the sublime.ADD_TO_SELECTION flag * API: Window.new_html_sheet() no longer accepts cmd and args parameters * API: Fixed a regression in View.split_by_newlines()
- paultopia 6y ago
  This is exactly what people thought with ST3: there were years and years when it was in beta with radio silence, and then, all of a sudden, it came out in a production release and it was awesome as expected. I think that's just how they roll.
CJefferson 6y ago
When you say look at the update history, there have been no updates, even very minor, in 9 months. While not abandoned, that does feel a little concerning.
- Nicksil 6y ago
  >When you say look at the update history, there have been no updates, even very minor, in 9 months. While not abandoned, that does feel a little concerning. Why is that concerning? I'm no longer on top of Sublime Text's outstanding bugs as I was some time ago. Is the backlog of issues/severity such that an increased release cadence is necessary?

pizza234 6y ago

> Sublime Text is not abandoned. Having a glance at Sublime Text 3's update history, as well as the forums, will alleviate any such concern. Based on the history, in the last solar year, the builds have been: - 3211, Oct/19: 4 fixes, plus what I suppose is a functionality, for Mac - 3210, Sep/19: 1 fix That's... all. > The linked article discusses Sublime Merge, a different product. I'm aware of it, but my question still stands, as there is no information in the typical information channels (i.e. blog, twitter). If you write that the forums says so, I trust that, but not updating the blog and twitter (about ST specifically) is generally not a good sign.

Nicksil 6y ago
>Based on the history, in the last solar year, the builds have been: > > - 3211, Oct/19: 4 fixes, plus what I suppose is a functionality, for Mac > - 3210, Sep/19: 1 fix > >That's... all. I don't see what you're trying to point out. What about bug-fix updates points to the software being abandoned? I'd argue that it demonstrates the exact opposite. >I'm aware of it, but my question still stands What question? >not updating the blog and twitter (about ST specifically) is generally not a good sign. Perhaps; perhaps not. You may be putting too much weight in their "social" presence instead of looking into the factors that matter most such as ongoing support and development. The team behind Sublime * is tiny compared to other software enjoying similar popularity. I suspect effort is primarily focused on development of the next major version of Sublime Text, the ongoing support of Sublime Text 3, Sublime Merge's newest release, and other projects we don't know about. I can understand a lull in Twitter/blog/etc. presence.
aspaceman 6y ago
If you have a Sublime Text 3 license there are additional beta builds available on their discord server. Information is available on their forums and website. Stop spreading such fuddy fud. Latest build was April 28: Changelog: * Auto Complete: Ranking quality improvements * Auto Complete: Added auto_complete_use_history setting to control if previous choices are automatically selected * Added additional settings to control the status bar: show_sidebar_button, show_indentation and show_syntax * Added relative line numbers, controlled by the relative_line_numbers setting * Color Schemes: Added support for the underline font style * Color Schemes: Added new property, inactive_selection_border * Added setting hide_pointer_while_typing * Console now uses Python syntax highlighting by default * Windows, Linux: Added Shift+F10 key binding to open the context menu * Fixed folder dragging in the sidebar * Further improvements in layout preservation when programmatically editing preferences * API: View.add_regions() calls that add an underline now have that underline applied to whitespace characters * API: Added sublime.INHIBIT_REORDER * API: Window.new_html_sheet() now accepts the sublime.ADD_TO_SELECTION flag * API: Window.new_html_sheet() no longer accepts cmd and args parameters * API: Fixed a regression in View.split_by_newlines()
paultopia 6y ago
This is exactly what people thought with ST3: there were years and years when it was in beta with radio silence, and then, all of a sudden, it came out in a production release and it was awesome as expected. I think that's just how they roll.

CJefferson 6y ago

When you say look at the update history, there have been no updates, even very minor, in 9 months. While not abandoned, that does feel a little concerning.

Nicksil 6y ago
>When you say look at the update history, there have been no updates, even very minor, in 9 months. While not abandoned, that does feel a little concerning. Why is that concerning? I'm no longer on top of Sublime Text's outstanding bugs as I was some time ago. Is the backlog of issues/severity such that an increased release cadence is necessary?