BIG PYTHON REFACTOR

Python scripts moved out of python/ folder to root to be unified with plugins

+ frontend extension around api calls

python/helpers/faiss_monkey_patch.py

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# import sys
-# from types import ModuleType, SimpleNamespace
-
-# import numpy  # real numpy
-
-# # for python 3.12 on arm, faiss needs a fake cpuinfo module
-
-
-# """ This disgusting hack was brought to you by:
-# https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss/issues/3936
-# """
-
-# faiss_monkey_patch.py  – import this before faiss -----------------
-import sys, types, numpy as np
-from types import SimpleNamespace
-
-# fake numpy.distutils and numpy.distutils.cpuinfo packages
-dist = types.ModuleType("numpy.distutils")
-cpuinfo = types.ModuleType("numpy.distutils.cpuinfo")
-
-# cpu attribute that looks like the real one
-cpuinfo.cpu = SimpleNamespace( # type: ignore
-    # FAISS only does   .info[0].get('Features', '')
-    info=[{}]
-)
-
-# register in sys.modules
-dist.cpuinfo = cpuinfo # type: ignore
-sys.modules["numpy.distutils"] = dist
-sys.modules["numpy.distutils.cpuinfo"] = cpuinfo
-
-# crucial: expose it as an *attribute* of the already-imported numpy package
-np.distutils = dist # type: ignore
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-import warnings
-with warnings.catch_warnings():
-    warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
-    import faiss