[BLD] add flake8 rule to ban relative imports

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Description

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Research direction

Add the flake8 tidy imports plugin to the project's flake8 configuration and enable the 'ban relative imports' rule.

Tech stack

python

Domain

developer experience

Issue type

Chore

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

2

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

Under 1 hour

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Active

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

Clear

Prerequisites

Pythonflake8

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

90