[python] add ruff linting support and exclude outdated flake8 rules

Signed-off-by: James McCorrie <[email protected]>

Author: machshev

.flake8

@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ ignore =
   # the '=' sign in keyword arguments. Unfortunately, yapf inserts
   # them when there's a long argument (help text, for example).
   E251,
-  # Don't complain about line breaks after operators
-  W504
+  # Don't complain about line breaks before or after operators. The
+  # recomendations on this have changed in 2016, so leave out the explicit
+  # checks: https://www.flake8rules.com/rules/W503.html
+  W503, W504

pyproject.toml

@@ -90,3 +90,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [tool.setuptools]
 # This is actually not a python project, we just use pyproject.toml to manage dependencies.
 py-modules = []
+
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py38"
+line-length = 100
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+preview = true
+explicit-preview-rules = true
+select = ["ALL", "E303", "W391"]