Blog about whatever you want, TextMate-related or not. Most of us can make decisions on whether or not we need to read it. To those who can't figure that out for themselves aren't very smart so they probably don't make enough money to buy TextMate 2 anyway.

TextMate 1 is perfectly fine for me, and I suspect for 99% of the others who use it every day. I'll buy 2.0 when/if it ships, but 1.5.8 isn't keeping me from being productive. Take your time and deliver something you're proud of.

Peter "coderiot.com" Tikhomirov is late with his site that he promised would be launched in January 2010 and I bet Gaël Deest has missed a deadline or three (hundred) in his lifetime. Maybe they're both waiting for TM2 to solve all their problems? I would be willing to bet that neither of them has even attempted something as difficult as building a great programmer's editor.

The problem apparently is that if I say nothing, people build up expectations about it “being around the corner” (as I have seen stated countless times, even though I always stress the opposite, our “License Policy” even makes it sound like 2.0 may never happen) or they get annoyed because I don’t communicate, yet as long as there is no release, the little communication I do is quickly seen as “excuses” (quoting Gaël).

And now we have reached a point where I can’t post anything without users immediately going down the “TM 2” route… probably time to just disable comments altogether until 2.0 has been released. What a shame that it has come to this, but all this negative 2.0 talk is a serious strain on my mental resources :(

However, I hate to wait so long for TextMate 2 as much as most people here do.

I wonder. If TM2 never releases, why would Alan stop this blog? I tend to appreciate the blogposts that don't are about TM2 more. And I also get more of the feeling that Alan has his focus on making Textmate better from this posts, than when he have to console some of his customers.

Come on, people have been waiting for years now and every single post on this blog is a memo about a minor utility or a "I really, really try to post more" kind of excuse. Many people chose TextMate because it was improving at a rapid pace, plus the upgrade to the next version was free. And yet, 3 years after, you keep telling us that this version isn't ready yet, and still far from it. Don't be surprised…

As for SIGPIPE, that is for programming-related topics, and I have been asked to just post that to this blog instead, as many are eager to see me post new content, even if you guys think you speak for the majority.

Regardless, both blogs are mine and I decide what to post — the comments are meant for users to leave feedback which add value to the posts or ask questions related to the content — it’s sad that I have to clarify that, especially to the self-proclaimed “blog police”.

I believe Allan does have a personal site entirely dedicated to non-textmate related questions:

http://sigpipe.macromates.com/

Call me dumbass if you want, but I think most people following something called the "TextMate blog" want to know about… you know… TextMate.

I just talked to my lawyer and showed him the contract I signed with Macromates when I subscribed to this blog's RSS feed. I signed that contract with the understanding that I would only see TextMate 2.0 posts. He agreed that I have a valid lawsuit and could win a substantial amount of money for the damages that I have suffered.

Everyone knows that blogs should be single-purpose and I have decided that it is my responsibility to make sure all blogs stay focused on one topic and one topic only.

At first I did want to respond to Paul, but then I thought I'd be no better than he is.. even in a polite manner. So I'm just ignoring. Sometimes it's the best way to deal people who insult you.