ci: unpin mypy from lint job

Author: dcbaker

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
-    # Pin mypy to version 1.8, so we retain the ability to lint for Python 3.7
-    - run: python -m pip install "mypy==1.8" strictyaml truststore types-PyYAML types-tqdm types-chevron
+    - run: python -m pip install strictyaml truststore types-PyYAML types-tqdm types-chevron
     - run: python run_mypy.py --allver
       env:
         PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1

mesonbuild/minstall.py

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def set_chown(path: str, user: T.Union[str, int, None] = None,
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
         # pylint: disable=unexpected-keyword-arg
         # cannot handle sys.version_info, https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9622
-        shutil.chown(path, user, group, dir_fd=dir_fd, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)  # type: ignore[call-overload]
+        shutil.chown(path, user, group, dir_fd=dir_fd, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
     else:
         real_os_chown = os.chown
 

mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def _add_exclude(x: T.Union[str, build.CustomTarget, build.CustomTargetIndex, bu
         # pylance/pyright gets this right, but for mypy we have to ignore the
         # error
         @T.overload
-        def _fn(xs: T.List[str], libs: bool = False) -> T.List[str]: ...  # type: ignore
+        def _fn(xs: T.List[str], libs: bool = False) -> T.List[str]: ...
 
         @T.overload
         def _fn(xs: T.List[LIBS], libs: bool = False) -> T.List[LIBS]: ...