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On Sat, 12 Sep 2015, John Doty wrote:
> Successful projects like Python keep core and add-ons separate.

Successful projects like Linux keep core and modules close together.

> Having application function in add-ons encourages the core developers to 
> keep the core simple and friendly to add-ons, which encourages more 
> add-on development.

On the other hand, it makes changing things which are visible to add-on 
programmers hard to impossible.  This, in turn, encourages developers to 
hide the code befind an API façade to re-gain some flexibility.  I've 
worked woth some projects which follow this approach (notably Dokuwiki and 
Firefox), and I found it to be a harmful for both sides.

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