[BEAM-1755] Add a directory with build-specific scripts to clear up the Python SDK dir

[pabloem]

r: @tvalentyn
This is just a proposal. Let me know if you think it makes sense.

[pabloem]

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[tvalentyn]

Makes sense to me; you could also call the folder testing instead of scripts, although generate_pydoc.sh would have to stay or go into a different place.

[pabloem]

I think it makes sense to have all of them in a single place, so new ones will not be reimplemented. WDYT?

[pabloem]

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[tvalentyn]

Giving folders meaningful names could be more mnemonic as it to the purpose of the content in the folder, but I don't have a strong opinion on this; in fact I have a scripts folder on my dev box that serves a similar purpose. Your call.

[tvalentyn]

And, thanks for the ping, I missed the previous update.

[charlesccychen]

It seems like with this change, you would still need to run scripts with the current directory as sdks/python and do scripts/[...].sh. In particular, if you run the script in the sdks/python/scripts directory directly, it looks like many of the scripts just won't work, and this isn't documented, since it looks like the scripts depend on the current working directory. Is it possible to fix this so that it works both ways?

[pabloem]

I've added code in all scripts to check and switch their current directory. PTAL.

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[tvalentyn]

LGTM