>However relying solely on metadata before the instantiation step >still has the issues of metadata sync/redundancy w/r/t the code, and >metadata loss/straying. A folder's not much of a bundle. 1) if faulty meta-data causes plugin breakage, i imagine it will be fixed rather quickly. 2) i really think we should listen to what people who actually work with meta-data for a living (e.g. steve harris) say about it, rather than do the all-too-common male geek thing of imagining that we can understand the issues by a simple intuiting of the problem space. --p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe