Remove all references to flake8

.github/workflows/upload-pypi-source.yml

@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ jobs:
         check:
           - name: black
             command: black --check --diff .
-          - name: flake8
-            command: flake8 benchmarks build_scripts chia tools *.py
           - name: generated protocol tests
             command: |
               python3 -m chia._tests.util.build_network_protocol_files

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -85,13 +85,6 @@ repos:
         entry: ./activated.py mypy
         language: system
         pass_filenames: false
-  - repo: local
-    hooks:
-      - id: flake8
-        name: Flake8
-        entry: ./activated.py flake8
-        language: system
-        types: [python]
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: ruff

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -57,14 +57,13 @@ to configure how the tests are run. For example, for more logging: change the lo
 ```bash
 sh install.sh -d
 . ./activate
-black . && ruff check --fix && mypy && flake8 benchmarks build_scripts chia tests tools *.py && pylint benchmarks build_scripts chia tests tools *.py
+black . && ruff check --fix && mypy && pylint benchmarks build_scripts chia tests tools *.py
 py.test tests -v --durations 0
 ```
 
 The [black library](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) is used as an automatic style formatter to make things easier.
-The [flake8 library](https://readthedocs.org/projects/flake8/) helps ensure consistent style.
 The [Mypy library](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) is very useful for ensuring objects are of the correct type, so try to always add the type of the return value, and the type of local variables.
-The [Ruff library](https://docs.astral.sh) is used to sort, group, validate imports, and further lint all of the python files
+The [Ruff library](https://docs.astral.sh) is used to sort, group, validate imports, ensure consistent style, and further lint all of the python files
 
 If you want verbose logging for tests, edit the `tests/pytest.ini` file.
 
@@ -83,10 +82,9 @@ provided configuration with `pre-commit install`.
 1. Install python extension
 2. Set the environment to `./venv/bin/python`
 3. Install mypy plugin
-4. Preferences > Settings > Python > Linting > flake8 enabled
-5. Preferences > Settings > Python > Linting > mypy enabled
-6. Preferences > Settings > Formatting > Python > Provider > black
-7. Preferences > Settings > mypy > Targets: set to `./chia`
+4. Preferences > Settings > Python > Linting > mypy enabled
+5. Preferences > Settings > Formatting > Python > Provider > black
+6. Preferences > Settings > mypy > Targets: set to `./chia`
 
 ## Configure Pycharm
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ black = { version = "24.8.0", optional = true }
 build = { version = "1.2.1", optional = true }
 coverage = { version = "7.6.4", optional = true }
 diff-cover = { version = "9.2.0", optional = true }
-flake8 = { version = "7.1.1", optional = true }
 # TODO: but...  keyrings_cryptfile goes 15 minutes without locking while this does in 75 seconds
 "keyrings.cryptfile" = { version = "1.3.9", optional = true }
 mypy = { version = "1.11.1", optional = true }
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ ruff = { version = "0.7.1", optional = true }
 
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
-dev = ["aiohttp_cors", "black", "build", "coverage", "diff-cover", "flake8", "mypy", "pre-commit", "py3createtorrent", "pyinstaller", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-mock", "pytest-monitor", "pytest-xdist", "ruff", "types-aiofiles", "types-cryptography", "types-pyyaml", "types-setuptools", "lxml"]
+dev = ["aiohttp_cors", "black", "build", "coverage", "diff-cover", "mypy", "pre-commit", "py3createtorrent", "pyinstaller", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-mock", "pytest-monitor", "pytest-xdist", "ruff", "types-aiofiles", "types-cryptography", "types-pyyaml", "types-setuptools", "lxml"]
 upnp = ["miniupnpc"]
 legacy_keyring = ["keyrings.cryptfile"]