From 5995546c4972d2e95f80d6f26a3b826d89e216f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teal Dulcet <tdulcet@pdx.edu>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 04:37:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fixed linting errors with Python scripts.

---
 tools/convert.py  | 31 ++++++++++++++-----------------
 tools/validate.py |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/convert.py b/tools/convert.py
index a407002..c4b2c91 100644
--- a/tools/convert.py
+++ b/tools/convert.py
@@ -27,16 +27,15 @@
 # ***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****
 
 import argparse
-import codecs
 import os.path
-import stat
 import sys
 from typing import Dict
+
 import lxml.etree as ET
 
 
 def read_config(file, convertTime):
-    return (ET.parse(file), max(os.stat(file).st_mtime, convertTime))
+    return (ET.parse(file), max(os.path.getmtime(file), convertTime))
 
 
 def doc_to_bytestring(doc):
@@ -48,19 +47,18 @@ def print_config(doc):
 
 
 def write_config(outData, time, filename=None):
-    if os.path.exists(filename) and os.stat(filename).st_mtime >= time:
+    if os.path.exists(filename) and os.path.getmtime(filename) >= time:
         return
-    print("Writing %s" % filename)
-    file = codecs.open(filename, "wb")
-    file.write(outData)
-    file.write(b"\n")
-    file.close()
+    print(f"Writing {filename}")
+    with open(filename, "wb") as file:
+        file.write(outData)
+        file.write(b"\n")
 
 
 def write_domains(doc, time, output_dir="."):
     outData = doc_to_bytestring(doc)
     for d in doc.getroot().findall(".//domain"):
-        write_config(outData, time, output_dir + "/" + d.text)
+        write_config(outData, time, os.path.join(output_dir, d.text))
 
 
 def main():
@@ -73,11 +71,10 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         "file", nargs="*", help="input file(s) to process, wildcards allowed"
     )
-    args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # process arguments
-    convertTime = os.stat(sys.argv[0]).st_mtime
-    is_dir = stat.S_ISDIR
+    convertTime = os.path.getmtime(sys.argv[0])
 
     # Record the files that failed to be processed and the errors related to
     # them.
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ def main():
 
     for f in args.file:
         try:
-            if is_dir(os.stat(f).st_mode):
+            if os.path.isdir(f):
                 continue
 
             if f == "README":
@@ -103,10 +100,10 @@ def main():
                     print("should also specify an output directory")
                     print("using -d dir")
                     parser.print_usage()
-                    exit(2)
+                    sys.exit(2)
             elif args.d:
                 outData = doc_to_bytestring(doc)
-                write_config(outData, time, args.d + "/" + os.path.basename(f))
+                write_config(outData, time, os.path.join(args.d, os.path.basename(f)))
             else:
                 print_config(doc)
         except Exception as e:
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ def main():
         for file, exc in failed_files.items():
             print(f"{file}: {exc}")
 
-        exit(1)
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tools/validate.py b/tools/validate.py
index 9604470..5a04456 100644
--- a/tools/validate.py
+++ b/tools/validate.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from typing import List
+
 from lxml import etree
 
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         "file", nargs="*", help="input file(s) to process, wildcards allowed"
     )
-    args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
     # Defining `files` here isn't strictly necessary, but the extra typing
     # (which we can't really get otherwise) helps with maintenance.
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def main():
             print(f"File {f} did not parse: {e}")
             ret = 1
 
-    exit(ret)
+    sys.exit(ret)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

From 6e42e4a8d0306732beaa34f0794a0cce9a579608 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teal Dulcet <tdulcet@pdx.edu>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 04:39:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updated CI and fixed linting error with Bash code.

---
 .github/workflows/validate-config.yml | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-config.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-config.yml
index 9ebc696..d41af32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-config.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ jobs:
   validate_config:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    env:
+      PYTHONDEVMODE: 1
+
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: BOM check
         run: |
@@ -16,7 +19,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate file extensions
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
-          ls -1 ispdb/ | grep -v '\.xml$' | awk '{print "::error file=ispdb/"$0"::File name \"ispdb/"$0"\" does not end in .xml – Please rename!"}' && exit 1 || true
+          shopt -s extglob nullglob
+          files=( ispdb/!(*.xml) )
+          if (( ${#files[*]} )); then
+              for file in "${files[@]}"; do
+                  printf '::error file=%s::File name "%s" does not end in .xml – Please rename!\n' "$file" "$file"
+              done
+              exit 1
+          fi
 
       - name: Validate XML content
         run: |