Consider using flake8-use-pathlib

[ulgens]

We merged #2312 and we are making a better use of Pathlib now, but the work there was manual and we didn't add any automated way to enforce it.

While checking ruff rules for another project, I found that https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#flake8-use-pathlib-pth exists. Because we don't use ruff yet, I checked the original project and it looks like it's not maintained anymore: https://gitlab.com/RoPP/flake8-use-pathlib

I'm creating this issue so we won't forget that the tool exists and can use it if the project's maintenance status changes or when we migrate to Ruff.

[Anujpandey12345]

@ulgens Can you assign this to me

[ulgens]

This task is not actionable right now. Would you mind sharing your plan to solve it?

[Anujpandey12345]

Thanks for clarifying @ulgens

Since this isn’t actionable right now, my plan is to monitor the maintenance status of flake8-use-pathlib and revisit this when the project considers migrating to Ruff, where the PTH rules can be evaluated and proposed properly.

Happy to help when it becomes actionable.