remove flake8 from code base

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
         "python.defaultInterpreterPath": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/dev/venv/bin/python",
         "python.linting.enabled": true,
         "python.linting.pylintEnabled": false,
-        "python.linting.flake8Enabled": true,
         "python.formatting.autopep8Path": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/autopep8",
         "python.formatting.blackPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/black",
         "python.formatting.yapfPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/yapf",
         "python.linting.banditPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/bandit",
-        "python.linting.flake8Path": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/flake8",
         "python.linting.mypyPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/mypy",
         "python.linting.pycodestylePath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pycodestyle",
         "python.linting.pydocstylePath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pydocstyle",

.github/workflows/qc_checks.yaml

@@ -47,27 +47,11 @@ jobs:
             frontend:
               - 'src/frontend/**'
 
-  pep_style:
-    name: Style [Python]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    needs: paths-filter
-    if: needs.paths-filter.outputs.server == 'true'
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # pin@v4.1.1
-      - name: Environment Setup
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
-        with:
-          dev-install: true
-      - name: Run flake8
-        run: flake8 InvenTree --extend-ignore=D
-
   javascript:
     name: Style - Classic UI [JS]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
-    needs: [ 'pep_style', 'pre-commit' ]
+    needs: [ 'pre-commit' ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # pin@v4.1.1
@@ -167,27 +151,11 @@ jobs:
           invoke check-server
           coverage run -m unittest discover -s test/
 
-  docstyle:
-    name: Style [Python Docstrings]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    needs: pre-commit
-    continue-on-error: true
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # pin@v4.1.1
-      - name: Environment Setup
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
-        with:
-          install: true
-      - name: Run flake8
-        run: flake8 InvenTree --statistics
-
   coverage:
     name: Tests - DB [SQLite] + Coverage
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
-    needs: [ 'pep_style', 'pre-commit' ]
+    needs: [ 'pre-commit' ]
     continue-on-error: true # continue if a step fails so that coverage gets pushed
 
     env:
@@ -220,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
   postgres:
     name: Tests - DB [PostgreSQL]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: [ 'pep_style', 'pre-commit' ]
+    needs: [ 'pre-commit' ]
 
     env:
       INVENTREE_DB_ENGINE: django.db.backends.postgresql
@@ -264,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Tests - DB [MySQL]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
-    needs: [ 'pep_style', 'pre-commit' ]
+    needs: [ 'pre-commit' ]
 
     env:
       # Database backend configuration

requirements-dev.in

@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ coveralls==2.1.2                        # Coveralls linking (for tracking covera
 django-debug-toolbar                    # Debug / profiling toolbar
 django-slowtests                        # Show which unit tests are running slowly
 django-test-migrations                  # Unit testing for database migrations
-flake8                                  # PEP checking
-flake8-docstrings                       # docstring format testing
 isort                                   # python import sorting
-pep8-naming                             # PEP naming convention extension
 pip-tools                               # Compile pip requirements
 pre-commit                              # Git pre-commit
 setuptools                              # Standard dependency

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ docopt==0.6.2
     # via coveralls
 filelock==3.13.1
     # via virtualenv
-flake8==6.1.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements-dev.in
-    #   flake8-docstrings
-    #   pep8-naming
-flake8-docstrings==1.7.0
-    # via -r requirements-dev.in
 identify==2.5.31
     # via pre-commit
 idna==3.4
@@ -73,8 +66,6 @@ importlib-metadata==6.8.0
     #   build
 isort==5.12.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-mccabe==0.7.0
-    # via flake8
 nodeenv==1.8.0
     # via pre-commit
 packaging==23.2
@@ -91,16 +82,10 @@ platformdirs==3.11.0
     # via virtualenv
 pre-commit==3.5.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-pycodestyle==2.11.1
-    # via flake8
 pycparser==2.21
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
     #   cffi
-pydocstyle==6.3.0
-    # via flake8-docstrings
-pyflakes==3.1.0
-    # via flake8
 pyproject-hooks==1.0.0
     # via build
 pytz==2023.3.post1
@@ -115,8 +100,6 @@ requests==2.31.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt
     #   coveralls
-snowballstemmer==2.2.0
-    # via pydocstyle
 sqlparse==0.4.4
     # via
     #   -c requirements.txt