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Re:Lime Text: Open Source Sublime Text clone by Karunamon on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @01:08PM (#8198483)
Can I ask a really silly question? Why do updates matter unless there are either serious bugs or glaring missing features? If a tool is relatively bug-free and has a plugin ecosystem which handles added functionality, why does the state of the core program matter all that much?
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Re:Lime Text: Open Source Sublime Text clone by drewcrawford on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @01:30PM (#8198626)
The real issue is that of nomenclature. If you are a professional software developer (ST target audience) then you are careful about how you use a #1 development tool that calls itself "unstable". It implies certain things about whether it is a good idea to install on a mission-critical server for example, or whether it is a good idea to invest time in writing plugins against its API.

The product itself may be relatively bug-free, but that is not really the issue. RHEL7Beta was relatively bug-free, but I would not advise you to use it for most purposes.

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