Project source code layout?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.1114.1244131493.8015.python-list at python.org>, Jean-Paul 
Calderone wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:33:13 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
> <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
>
>>In message <mailman.1089.1244091958.8015.python-list at python.org>, Allen
>>Fowler wrote:
>>
>>> I was hoping to keep the dev layout as close to deployment possible.
>>
>>Completely different purposes. For example, the actual production database
>>and config files form no part of your development project, do they? And
>>conversely, utility scripts that might be used, for example, to set up a
>>database, should not be part of the production installation.
> 
> If you don't use the "utility scripts" in your development environment,
> how do you know they work with the code you're developing?

Because they're used during development.