Remove pytype lint check. (#17551)

This isn't providing enough value, triggers false positives, and we want
to switch to [mypy](https://mypy-lang.org/) (as a pre-commit check, see
#17430).

Could also remove `pytype: disable=` annotations and related comments.

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Running pre-commit
         uses: pre-commit/action@2c7b3805fd2a0fd8c1884dcaebf91fc102a13ecd # v3.0.1
 
-  pytype:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checking out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@8f4b7f84864484a7bf31766abe9204da3cbe65b3 # v3.5.0
-      - name: Setting up python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@d27e3f3d7c64b4bbf8e4abfb9b63b83e846e0435 # v4.5.0
-      - name: Fetching Base Branch
-        # We have to explicitly fetch the base branch as well
-        run: git fetch --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_BASE_REF?}:${GITHUB_BASE_REF?}"
-      - name: Install pytype
-        run: python3 -m pip install pytype
-      - name: Run pytype on changed files
-        run: ./build_tools/pytype/check_diff.sh "${GITHUB_BASE_REF?}"
-
   generated_cmake_files:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ repos:
         language: fail
         files: "BUILD$"
 
+    # TODO(scotttodd): mypy type checking for Python (https://mypy-lang.org/)
+
     # TODO(scotttodd): enable these checks when they work on Windows
     #   the generator scripts use \ on Windows instead of /
 

build_tools/scripts/lint.sh

@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ echo "***** buildifier *****"
 ${scripts_dir}/run_buildifier.sh
 git diff --exit-code
 
-echo "***** pytype *****"
-./build_tools/pytype/check_diff.sh
-
 echo "***** Generates CMake files *****"
 ./build_tools/scripts/generate_cmake_files.sh
 git add -A