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Is there a roadmap anywhere? I bought ST2, and I think I'm going to need to pay again for ST3 when I decide to upgrade, but it's still in beta and has been for over 3 years now. Would be nice to know when it will eventually be released.

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I don't think so, it's the sort of software that's ready when it's ready. You can use the pre-release versions of ST3 (ie what's currently available) on a ST2 license. That gets rid of all the nag screens.

I bought ST2 too in 2012 after a few weeks using it. It was certainly an expense but given how much it was speeding some things up, I considered it very good value.

I've used it for at least 6,000 hours since then, probably closer to twice that. I'm not going to fight an upgrade when it eventually gets here.

I was in the past a long time on ST2 and refused to upgrade to ST3. It was a bad decision... many plugins work on ST3 only and I had less problems on ST3 overall than with ST2. I did not need to pay again for ST3.

An ST2 License is good for ST3. From the FAQ:

  Upgrade Policy
  A license is valid for Sublime Text 3, and includes 
  all point updates, as well as access to prior versions
  (e.g., Sublime Text 2). Future major versions, such as
  Sublime Text 4, will be a paid upgrade.

https://www.sublimetext.com/sales_faq

So I paid for Sublime 2 as well, but I use 3. Don't know if it was a temporary thing, but my 2 license carried over. Try emailing support if you can't get yours to work. They were helpful with mine.

There is no public roadmap. Jon knows what he wants to achieve, but doesn't share those goals too often.

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