Matt Todd wrote:
> I would think that you could actually separate that data into
> appropriate directories. I don't think special admin scripts falls
> into the meta category, and VERSION may be better off in the root...
> or something like state/ or someting. Also, there's .meta/ if you're
> wanting to keep it quiet for the most part.

It can become rather clutterd if everything has it's own particular
place which is why this single "project metadata and utilities" dir
really becomes useful. By admin I mean project admin. Eg. a script that
updates RAA for instance (albiet more often these are in a
Rakefile/Reapfile, but not always.) Here's a like of some conceviable
files:

  MANIFEST
  VERSION
  ChangeLog/CHANGES
  doap.xml
  ProjectInfo (Reap uses this)
  Reapfile (ditto)
  Rakefile (if Rake supported it)
  InstalledFiles (if setup.rb supported it)
  .config  (if setup.rb supported it)

I'm sure there are more, and of course there are others that could be
very project specific.

FYI, Reap still supports the files it uses even if they are in the root
and not in "meta/" though.

> Does this make any sense? Or have I misunderstood your design and structure?

Yes and no. Perhaps you could be more specific. What directories do you
think need to be separate?

Thanks,
T.