Code clean up

.pylintrc

@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ disable=assignment-from-none,
         missing-param-doc,
         raise-missing-from,
         raw-checker-failed,
-        super-with-arguments,
         suppressed-message,
         too-few-public-methods,
         too-many-ancestors,
@@ -477,7 +476,6 @@ disable=assignment-from-none,
         unsubscriptable-object,
         use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-string,
         use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-zero,
-        useless-object-inheritance,
         useless-suppression,
         use-symbolic-message-instead
 

artifactsrc/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """ForensicArtifacts.com Artifact Repository resources."""
 
 __version__ = '20260411'

artifactsrc/resource_file.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Windows Message Resource file."""
 
 import logging
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@
 import pywrc
 
 
-class MessageResourceFile(object):
+class MessageResourceFile:
   """Windows Message Resource file.
 
   Attributes:
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(
       preferred_language_identifier (Optional[int]): preferred language
           identifier (LCID).
     """
-    super(MessageResourceFile, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self._ascii_codepage = ascii_codepage
     self._exe_file = pyexe.file()
     self._exe_file.set_ascii_codepage(self._ascii_codepage)

artifactsrc/volume_scanner.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Volume scanner for artifact definitions."""
 
 import logging
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@
 from artifactsrc import resource_file
 
 
-class CheckResults(object):
+class CheckResults:
   """Check results.
 
   Attributes:
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class CheckResults(object):
 
   def __init__(self):
     """Initializes check results."""
-    super(CheckResults, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self.data_formats = set()
     self.number_of_file_entries = 0
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ def __init__(self, artifacts_registry, mediator=None):
       mediator (Optional[dfvfs.VolumeScannerMediator]): a volume scanner
           mediator.
     """
-    super(ArtifactDefinitionsVolumeScanner, self).__init__(mediator=mediator)
+    super().__init__(mediator=mediator)
     self._ascii_codepage = 'cp1252'
     self._artifacts_registry = artifacts_registry
     self._checks_definitions = None

docs/conf.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Sphinx build configuration file."""
 
 import os

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "artifactsrc"
-version = "20260411"
+version = "20260501"
 description = "Digital Forensics Artifact knowledge base"
 maintainers = [
     { name = "Joachim Metz", email = "joachim.metz@gmail.com" },
@@ -64,13 +64,11 @@ Documentation = "https://artifactsrc.readthedocs.io/en/latest"
 Homepage = "https://github.com/ForensicArtifacts/artifacts-kb"
 Repository = "https://github.com/ForensicArtifacts/artifacts-kb"
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = {"artifactsrc" = "artifactsrc"}
+
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 artifactsrc = [
     "*.yaml",
     "data/*.yaml",
 ]
-
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-where = ["."]
-include = ["artifactsrc"]
-exclude = ["docs", "tests", "tests.*", "utils"]

run_tests.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Script to run the tests."""
 
 from __future__ import print_function

tests/__init__.py

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

tests/resource_file.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Tests for the Windows Message Resource (WRC) file class."""
 
 import unittest
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@
 from tests import test_lib
 
 
-class TestWrcResource(object):
+class TestWrcResource:
   """Windows Resource Compiler (WRC) resource for testing.
 
   Attributes:
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ class TestWrcResource(object):
 
   def __init__(self):
     """Initializes a resource."""
-    super(TestWrcResource, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self.items = []
 
   # pylint: disable=invalid-name
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ def get_item_by_index(self, index):
     return self.items[index]
 
 
-class TestWrcResourceItem(object):
+class TestWrcResourceItem:
   """Windows Resource Compiler (WRC) resource item for testing.
 
   Attributes:
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ def __init__(self, identifier):
     Args:
       identifier (int]): identifier.
     """
-    super(TestWrcResourceItem, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self.identifier = identifier
     self.resource_data = None
     self.sub_items = []
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ def read(self):
     return self.resource_data
 
 
-class TestWrcStream(object):
+class TestWrcStream:
   """Windows Resource Compiler (WRC) stream for testing.
 
   Attributes:
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ class TestWrcStream(object):
 
   def __init__(self):
     """Initializes a stream."""
-    super(TestWrcStream, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self.resources = {}
 
   # pylint: disable=invalid-name

tests/test_lib.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Shared test case."""
 
 import os
@@ -50,12 +49,12 @@ def _SkipIfPathNotExists(self, path):
       raise unittest.SkipTest(f'missing test file: {filename:s}')
 
 
-class TempDirectory(object):
+class TempDirectory:
   """Class that implements a temporary directory."""
 
   def __init__(self):
     """Initializes a temporary directory."""
-    super(TempDirectory, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self.name = ''
 
   def __enter__(self):

tools/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

tools/check_artifacts.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Script to check artifact definitions on a storage media image."""
 
 import argparse

tools/generate_docs.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Script to generate artifact definition documentation."""
 
 import argparse
@@ -14,12 +13,12 @@
 from artifacts import registry as artifacts_registry
 
 
-class IndexRstOutputWriter(object):
+class IndexRstOutputWriter:
   """Index.rst output writer."""
 
   def __init__(self, path):
     """Initializes an index.rst output writer."""
-    super(IndexRstOutputWriter, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self._file_object = None
     self._path = path
 
@@ -55,14 +54,14 @@ def WriteArtifactDefinition(self, artifact_name):
         f'   {artifact_name:s} <{artifact_name:s}>\n')
 
 
-class MarkdownOutputWriter(object):
+class MarkdownOutputWriter:
   """Markdown output writer."""
 
   _URL_PREFIX = 'https://artifacts-kb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sources/'
 
   def __init__(self, path):
     """Initializes a Markdown output writer."""
-    super(MarkdownOutputWriter, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self._file_object = None
     self._path = path
 

utils/check_dependencies.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Script to check for the availability and version of dependencies."""
 
 import sys

utils/dependencies.py

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Helper to check for availability and version of dependencies."""
 
 import configparser
 import os
 import re
 
 
-class DependencyDefinition(object):
+class DependencyDefinition:
   """Dependency definition.
 
   Attributes:
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ def __init__(self, name):
     Args:
       name (str): name of the dependency.
     """
-    super(DependencyDefinition, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self.dpkg_name = None
     self.is_optional = False
     self.l2tbinaries_name = None
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ def __init__(self, name):
     self.version_property = None
 
 
-class DependencyDefinitionReader(object):
+class DependencyDefinitionReader:
   """Dependency definition reader."""
 
   _VALUE_NAMES = frozenset([
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ def Read(self, file_object):
       yield dependency_definition
 
 
-class DependencyHelper(object):
+class DependencyHelper:
   """Dependency helper.
 
   Attributes:
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ def __init__(
       test_dependencies_file (Optional[str]): path to the test dependencies
           configuration file.
     """
-    super(DependencyHelper, self).__init__()
+    super().__init__()
     self._test_dependencies = {}
     self.dependencies = {}