924330 - [meta] Consolidate all build system Python into packages

Status: NEW

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

We currently have a bunch of Python sitting around in scripts - notably the .py files in build/ and config/. Having build/ and config/ sit on sys.path has historically caused a world of hurt. Furthermore, there are issues with .py files that don't exist in Python packages - notably difficulties arising around packaging (will be relevant for .pyc files some day). Python best practices say to not create modules in the root "namespace."

All signs are pointing to moving all the standalone .py files into packages as "a good idea." This bug will track the effort.