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Spacemacs has been in rolling-release mode for something like 3 years. Almost everyone using it just tracks the develop branch where features and fixes are merg

• bananaface 6y ago
  Every time you start the develop branch it displays a huge message saying "Version 0.300 is almost out!" (with a description of how stable releases on master branch are the current objective) and it's been displaying that message for 3 years. There is a rolling branch, but the release branch isn't rolling. Spacemacs is usable but the project is calcifying, I wouldn't recommend anyone hitch their cart to it. Like, I'm jumping ship as I write this. My job for the next few days is converting my config to Doom.
  • gandalfgeek 6y ago
    This is exactly the problem with these huge pre-configured "distros" like Spacemacs and Doom. It looks like you spend a lot of time fighting the opinionated setup of the distro. You might as well spend that time starting from vanilla Emacs and craft your own config.
    • bananaface 6y ago
      FWIW while it feels like I'm constantly fighting Spacemacs, it hasn't felt that way with Doom so far. Spacemacs introduces a lot of unnecessary abstractions that are very difficult to perform surgery on whereas Doom seems closer to "sane defaults, but you can modify them easily".