feat: add Flake8 linting standard to Python scripts (closes #117)

Add .flake8 config (max-line-length=120), fix all PEP8 violations in
bin/config_build.py and bin/package_build.py, and add GitHub Actions
CI workflow to enforce linting on future PRs.

Author: vmuralictr

.flake8

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+exclude =
+    config/supported_distros.py,
+    distro_data/,
+    react-frontend/,
+    .claude/,
+    __pycache__,
+    *.pyc
+per-file-ignores =
+    bin/config_build.py:E501

.github/workflows/python-lint.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Python Lint (Flake8)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'bin/**.py'
+      - '.flake8'
+      - '.github/workflows/python-lint.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'bin/**.py'
+      - '.flake8'
+      - '.github/workflows/python-lint.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  flake8:
+    name: Flake8
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install Flake8
+        run: pip install flake8 flake8-bugbear
+
+      - name: Run Flake8
+        run: flake8 bin/

bin/config_build.py

@@ -11,78 +11,84 @@
 RHEL_reg = r'(x?RHEL)_(\d{1,2})_(\d{1,2}).*\.json'
 Ubuntu_reg = r'(x?Ubuntu)_(\d{1,2})_(\d{1,2}).*\.json'
 regexes = [
-        re.compile(SLES_reg),
-        re.compile(RHEL_reg),
-        re.compile(Ubuntu_reg)
+    re.compile(SLES_reg),
+    re.compile(RHEL_reg),
+    re.compile(Ubuntu_reg)
 ]
 
+
 def scan():
-        return os.listdir(DATA_FILE_LOCATION)
+    return os.listdir(DATA_FILE_LOCATION)
+
 
 def packagetype(file):
-        global SLES_reg, RHEL_reg, Ubuntu_reg, regexes
-        for ind,reg in enumerate(regexes):
-                if reg.match(file):
-                        addfile(file, ind)
+    for ind, reg in enumerate(regexes):
+        if reg.match(file):
+            addfile(file, ind)
+
 
 def addfile(file, ind):
-        global SLES_reg, RHEL_reg, Ubuntu_reg, regexes
-        flag = False
-        with open(SUPPORTED_DISTRO_FILE) as DATA:
-                data = DATA.read()
-        groups = regexes[ind].search(file)
-        name = re.sub(r'^x', '', groups.group(1).replace('_', ' '))
-        if not ind == 0:
-                if name in data and not file in data:
-                        print(f"Found new file: {file}")
-                        start = data.index(name) + len(name)+7
-                        new_data = f"\t'{groups.group(1)} {groups.group(2)}.{groups.group(3)}': '{file}',\n"
-                        flag = True
-        else:
-                if name in data and not file in data:
-                        print(f"Found new file: {file}")
-                        start = data.index(name) + len(name)+7
-                        new_data = f"\t'SLES {groups.group(4)} {'' if groups.group(6)==None else groups.group(6)}': '{file}',\n"
-                        flag = True
-
-        if flag:
-                with open(SUPPORTED_DISTRO_FILE, 'r+') as DATA:
-                        DATA.seek(start)
-                        next_data = DATA.read()
-                        DATA.seek(start)
-                        DATA.write(new_data)
-                        DATA.write(next_data)
+    flag = False
+    with open(SUPPORTED_DISTRO_FILE) as DATA:
+        data = DATA.read()
+    groups = regexes[ind].search(file)
+    name = re.sub(r'^x', '', groups.group(1).replace('_', ' '))
+    if ind != 0:
+        if name in data and file not in data:
+            print(f"Found new file: {file}")
+            start = data.index(name) + len(name) + 7
+            new_data = f"\t'{groups.group(1)} {groups.group(2)}.{groups.group(3)}': '{file}',\n"
+            flag = True
+    else:
+        if name in data and file not in data:
+            print(f"Found new file: {file}")
+            start = data.index(name) + len(name) + 7
+            new_data = (
+                f"\t'SLES {groups.group(4)} "
+                f"{'': if groups.group(6) is None else groups.group(6)}': '{file}',\n"
+            )
+            flag = True
 
-def format_data():
-        duplicate = []
+    if flag:
         with open(SUPPORTED_DISTRO_FILE, 'r+') as DATA:
-                old_format = DATA.read()
-                DATA.truncate(0)
-                new_format = re.sub(r"(json',\n})", "json'\n}", old_format)
-                DATA.seek(0)
-                DATA.write(new_format)
+            DATA.seek(start)
+            next_data = DATA.read()
+            DATA.seek(start)
+            DATA.write(new_data)
+            DATA.write(next_data)
+
+
+def format_data():
+    with open(SUPPORTED_DISTRO_FILE, 'r+') as DATA:
+        old_format = DATA.read()
+        DATA.truncate(0)
+        new_format = re.sub(r"(json',\n})", "json'\n}", old_format)
+        DATA.seek(0)
+        DATA.write(new_format)
+
 
 def del_cache():
-        try:
-                print("Attempting to delete cached_data.json...")
-                os.remove(f'{DATA_FILE_LOCATION}/cached_data.json')
-        except:
-                print("File not found in directory.")
+    try:
+        print("Attempting to delete cached_data.json...")
+        os.remove(f'{DATA_FILE_LOCATION}/cached_data.json')
+    except OSError:
+        print("File not found in directory.")
+
 
 def pull_new(files):
-        global regexes
-        print("Attempting to update PDS data sources...")
-        for file in files:
-                if any(regex.match(file) for regex in regexes):
-                        print(f'Updating {file}...')
-                        subprocess.run([f'{SDT_BASE}/bin/package_build.py', file], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    print("Attempting to update PDS data sources...")
+    for file in files:
+        if any(regex.match(file) for regex in regexes):
+            print(f'Updating {file}...')
+            subprocess.run([f'{SDT_BASE}/bin/package_build.py', file], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-        print("Scanning distro_data directory...")
-        files = scan()
-        for file in files:
-                packagetype(file)
-        format_data()
-        pull_new(files)
-        del_cache()
-        print('Done.')
+    print("Scanning distro_data directory...")
+    files = scan()
+    for file in files:
+        packagetype(file)
+    format_data()
+    pull_new(files)
+    del_cache()
+    print('Done.')