[ide-dev] what about doing less?

[Martin Lippert <lippert@xxxxxxx>]

Hey!

I would like to propose a work item for the ide-dev working group that 
focuses on doing less. By that I mean instead of adding features to the 
existing platform and/or IDE I would love to reduce the scope, reduce 
the number of features, and reduce the amount of code - and focus on 
improving the remaining parts.

The question that drives me is not what is missing from todays code base 
or EPPs, but what is too much, and even if we strip things down, what is 
still not lightweight enough, not fast/slick/performant enough, not 
high-quality enough to make the Eclipse IDE a killer app again.

I (obviously) don't have ready-to-use solutions/answers for this, but I 
think following this direction could be interesting (make people 
enthusiastic about the Eclipse IDE again).

Just my few thoughts at the moment... ;-)

Cheers,
-Martin