gEDA-dev: Fwd: google soc

[Dan McMahill]

John Doty wrote:
> On May 29, 2007, at 11:50 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
>>> Not quite. To me it's architecture: is gEDA a collection of
>>> potentially stand-alone tools or is it an integrated system?
>> Can't it be both?  IMHO, inter-program communications is the key to
>> the appearance of integration without the hassles of actually
>> integrating them.
> 
> It could be. But it won't be if integration is pursued willy-nilly  
> without remembering that the tools should all be able to stand alone.

I don't think there is much danger of us forgetting that the tools 
should be able to be stand alone.  I consider that to be as essential as 
  them working well together.

-Dan