Mainak Jas

@asoplata lot of points to think about :) I'm fine with using `ruff` as a linter ... I would start with configuring ruff such that the number of stylistic changes...

Btw, `flake8` is just the linter ... the style guideline is `pep8`. There is a tool called `autopep8` which does the automatic fixing for you. I personally tend to prefer...

Can you explain the difference between formatting and linting? How can we explain to new contributors how to use ruff? e.g., is there a VSCode plug in etc? Should be...

good idea to consolidate configuration in pyproject I suggest making the changes iteratively in small PRs. For now, if it works with pytest.ini and coveragerc I would be a happy...

Don't think any "refactor" issue is a "good first issue" ;-) Do keep in mind that if you change the internals in a way that it may break user code,...