PR: Use Flake8 as the default linting provider (Completions)

changelogs/Spyder-6.md

@@ -7,21 +7,20 @@
 * Add support to work with multiple cursors in the Editor. Options to configure them are available in `Preferences > Editor > Advanced settings`.
 * Rearchitect Profiler to run through the IPython console and add `%profilefile`, `%profilecell` and `%profile` magics for that.
 * Add a graphical interface to the update process of our standalone installers and base them in Python 3.12.
-* Add support to use Ruff and Flake8 for linting in the Editor.
+* Add support to use Ruff and Flake8 for linting in the Editor. Flake8 is the default now.
 * Plot histograms from the dataframe viewer.
 * Add support for Polars dataframes, frozen sets, Numpy string arrays and `pathlib.Path` objects to the Variable Explorer.
 * Show the remote file system in the Files pane when a remote console has focus.
 * Add support to connect to JupyterHub servers.
 * Add support to use Pixi environments in the IPython console.
 * Paths can be added to the front of `sys.path` in the Pythonpath manager.
-* Copy/cut the current line if nothing is selected in the Editor with `Ctrl+C`/`Ctrl+X`, respectively.
 * Add option to show/hide the Editor's file name toolbar to `Preferences > Editor > Interface`.
-* Select full floating point numbers by double-clicking them on the Editor and the IPython console.
+* Add option to disable zoom with Ctrl + mouse wheel to `Preferences > Application > Advanced settings`.
+* Add option to lint docstring with the Google style to `Preferences > Completion and linting > Linting`.
 
 ### Important fixes
 
-* Much better support for PyQt6 and PySide6. PyQt 6.9.0+ and PySide >=6.8.0,<6.9.0 are required now. 
-* Make shortcuts to move to different panes work when they are undocked.
+* Much better support for PyQt6 and PySide6. PyQt 6.9.0+ and PySide >=6.8.0,<6.9.0 are required now.
 * Remove blank lines around cells when copying their contents to the console.
 * Automatically kill kernels when Spyder crashes.
 * Disable magics and commands to call Python package managers in the IPython console because they don't work reliably there.
@@ -30,11 +29,14 @@
 
 ### UX/UI improvements
 
-* Reorganize most menus to make them easier to navigate.
+* Reorganize most menus and Preferences entries to make them easier to navigate.
 * Allow to zoom in/out with Ctrl + mouse wheel in the IPython console.
+* Make shortcuts to move to different panes work when they are undocked.
+* Copy/cut the current line if nothing is selected in the Editor with `Ctrl+C`/`Ctrl+X`, respectively.
 * Add `Shift+Alt+Right/Left` shortcuts to move to the next/previous console.
 * Add shortcut `Ctrl+W` to close Variable Explorer viewers.
 * Add option to hide all messages displayed in panes that are empty to `Preferences > Application > Interface`.
+* Select full floating point numbers by double-clicking them on the Editor and the IPython console.
 * Fix plots looking blurred when scaling is enabled in high DPI screens.
 
 ### API changes

spyder/config/lsp.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                     'maxLineLength': 79
                 },
                 'pyflakes': {
-                    'enabled': True
+                    "enabled": False
                 },
                 'autopep8': {
                     'enabled': True
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
                     'args': []
                 },
                 'flake8': {
-                    'enabled': False,
+                    "enabled": True,
                     'exclude': [],
                     'extendSelect': [],
                     'extendIgnore': [],

spyder/plugins/completion/providers/languageserver/provider.py

@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ class LanguageServerProvider(SpyderCompletionProvider):
         ('jedi_definition/follow_imports', True),
         ('jedi_signature_help', True),
         ('preload_modules', PRELOAD_MDOULES),
-        ('pyflakes', True),
+        ("pyflakes", False),
         ('mccabe', False),
-        ('flake8', False),
+        ("flake8", True),
         ('ruff', False),
         ('no_linting', False),
         ('formatting', 'autopep8'),
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class LanguageServerProvider(SpyderCompletionProvider):
     #    want to *rename* options, then you need to do a MAJOR update in
     #    version, e.g. from 0.1.0 to 1.0.0
     # 3. You don't need to touch this value if you're just adding a new option
-    CONF_VERSION = "1.0.0"
+    CONF_VERSION = "1.1.0"
     CONF_TABS = TABS
 
     STOPPED = 'stopped'