The trick is to not pull them into core. Let others curate a set of high quality plugins. This is exactly what is happening. Examples include Microsoft's Visual Studio Code and Facebooks Nuclide.
This pattern is also not uncommon. There are many high quality linux modules and distributions built on the linux kernel.
It is likely atom will take a similar architectural approach. Make it easy to build and add plugins and let the community shepherd them.
This pattern is also not uncommon. There are many high quality linux modules and distributions built on the linux kernel.
It is likely atom will take a similar architectural approach. Make it easy to build and add plugins and let the community shepherd them.