Re: Project Center inspiration sshots

[Adrian Robert]

On Jan 3, 2005, at 11:37 AM, Nicolas Roard wrote:
> In my opinion, PC should stay as it is for the moment, but hopefully 
> evolves with bundles; so for example you will add some bundles that 
> will let you
> work on a higher-level (in the PC browser, not stop at the files, but 
> allow browsing "high level structures",

> Basically, I think instead of writing an IDE from scratch, it could be 
> a good idea to modify PC and extend it.


I agree with the first but am wary when you say "modify" in the second. 
 It is important to actively maintain encapsulation, and not, e.g., 
start making PC _depend on_ various advanced bundles -- with various 
levels of stability -- to start up or work in a reasonable way.  It has 
taken PC a long time to get to its current usable-for-some state and it 
would be a shame to start losing this due to the desire of some to 
experiment and advance the technology -- worthy pursuit though this is.