Prohibit wildcard import in pylint

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zm/prohibit-star-import into develop

Motivation and context

In python, wildcard imports like from x import * can unpredictably pollute namespace with symbols that are not really expected. In most cases it's better to use import x as y to get access to all module symbols. For popular libraries importable contents of modules are typically maintained well, but it requires quite a lot of work. Currently, we don't use wildcard imports for anything in the project and I can't currently think of places where it could really be useful, so I think it's best to just prohibit their use entirely.

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  • I submit my changes into the develop branch
  • I have created a changelog fragment
  • I have updated the documentation accordingly
  • I have added tests to cover my changes
  • I have linked related issues (see GitHub docs)
  • I have increased versions of npm packages if it is necessary (cvat-canvas, cvat-core, cvat-data and cvat-ui)

License

  • I submit my code changes under the same MIT License that covers the project. Feel free to contact the maintainers if that's a concern.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Chores
    • Updated Pylint configuration to modify linting rules for wildcard imports and logging arguments.
    • Adjusted message settings to enable additional code quality checks.

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