Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] scripts: convert seven more Perl utilities to Python

[Heiko Carstens]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 08:19:16PM -0300, Breno Rodrigues Alves wrote:
> > So an important part of describing any change is *why* you are doing it.
> > Why are you doing all of these conversions?  Some of these scripts have
> > not seen changes in decades and are likely unused; why do we want to
> > mess with them now?
> 
> You're right, and thanks for pushing on this — I should have framed
> the *why* in the cover letter.
...
> Broader motivation for the kept four: kernel CI and tooling
> already assume Python for kernel-doc, spdxcheck, bpf_doc.
> Keeping Perl alive solely for a handful of scripts forces two
> runtimes for the same class of tools. Converting the active ones
> closes that gap; converting dead ones does not.

That is an odd reason - if I'm not wrong then you have zero upstream
commits, and now are proposing fundamental changes to tools maintained
and used by others? I guess this is 100% LLM work(?).