I think another way of looking at this (correct me if I’m wrong) is that the internal 1.8.7 is used only for internal scripts, so it makes no difference to you, the end user; it is, as it were, just a part of TextMate’s internal functionality.
Thanks for clarifying.
Would it be of any benefit to the project if someone took on the task of converting internal scripts to being compatible with 2.x?
Sb