test: Allow running latest pylint instead of old 2.17.7 version

Signed-off-by: Martin Belanger <[email protected]>

Author: Martin Belanger

.github/workflows/meson-test.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get install --yes --quiet docbook-xml docbook-xsl xsltproc libglib2.0-dev libgirepository1.0-dev libsystemd-dev
           sudo apt-get install --yes --quiet python3-systemd python3-pyudev python3-lxml
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade dasbus pylint==2.17.7 pyflakes PyGObject
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade dasbus pylint pyflakes PyGObject
           python3 -m pip install --upgrade vermin pyfakefs importlib-resources
 
       - name: "INSTALL: libnvme dependencies"

.github/workflows/pylint.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt-get install --yes --quiet python3-pip cmake libgirepository1.0-dev libsystemd-dev python3-systemd swig libjson-c-dev || true
           sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel meson ninja
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade dasbus pylint==2.17.7 pyflakes PyGObject lxml pyudev
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade dasbus pylint pyflakes PyGObject lxml pyudev
 
       - name: "BUILD: [libnvme, nvme-stas]"
         uses: BSFishy/[email protected]

staslib/conf.py

@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ def get_option(self, section, option, ignore_default=False):  # pylint: disable=
     nr_write_queues = property(functools.partial(get_option, section='Global', option='nr-write-queues'))
     reconnect_delay = property(functools.partial(get_option, section='Global', option='reconnect-delay'))
 
-    zeroconf_enabled = property(functools.partial(get_option, section='Service Discovery', option='zeroconf'))
-
     zeroconf_persistence_sec = property(
         functools.partial(
             get_option, section='Discovery controller connection management', option='zeroconf-connections-persistence'
@@ -307,6 +305,11 @@ def get_option(self, section, option, ignore_default=False):  # pylint: disable=
         functools.partial(get_option, section='I/O controller connection management', option='connect-attempts-on-ncc')
     )
 
+    @property  # pylint chokes on this when defined as zeroconf_enabled=property(...). Works fine using a decorator...
+    def zeroconf_enabled(self):
+        '''Return whether zeroconf is enabled'''
+        return self.get_option(section='Service Discovery', option='zeroconf')
+
     @property
     def stypes(self):
         '''@brief Get the DNS-SD/mDNS service types.'''
@@ -707,7 +710,7 @@ def dhchap_ctrlkey_supp(self):
 
 
 # ******************************************************************************
-class NbftConf(metaclass=singleton.Singleton):
+class NbftConf(metaclass=singleton.Singleton):  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     '''Read and cache configuration file.'''
 
     def __init__(self, root_dir=defs.NBFT_SYSFS_PATH):

test/meson.build

@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ if libnvme_location == '?'
 else
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # pylint and pyflakes
-
-    # There's a bug with pylint 3.X. Tests should be run with pylint
-    # 2.17.7 (or less), which can be installed with:
-    #    python3 -m pip install --upgrade pylint==2.17.7
-
-
     if test_list.length() != 0
         pylint = find_program('pylint', required: false)
         pyflakes = find_program('pyflakes3', required: false)