linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move Python modules to tools/lib/python

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Message-ID: <875xb75msm.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:27:05 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
 <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>, Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>, Jani
 Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Move Python modules to tools/lib/python

Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> writes:

> scripts/lib was always a bit of an awkward place for Python libraries; give
> them a proper home under tools/lib/python.  Put the modules from
> tools/docs/lib there for good measure.
>
> The second patch ties them into a single package namespace.  It would be
> more aesthetically pleasing to add a kernel layer, so we could say:
>
>   from kernel.kdoc import kdoc_parser
>
> ...and have the kernel-specific stuff clearly marked, but that means adding
> an empty directory in the hierarchy, which isn't as pleasing.
>
> There are some other "Python library" directories hidden in the kernel
> tree; we may eventually want to encourage them to move as well.
>
> Jonathan Corbet (2):
>   docs: Move the python libraries to tools/lib/python
>   docs: bring some order to our Python module hierarchy

In the absence of complaints, I have applied these.

Thanks,

jon