Ruff 0.16.0 compatibility changes

[glenn-jocher]

Summary

• apply Ruff 0.16.0 fixes using the shared Ultralytics Actions rule set
• make generated fallback timestamps explicitly UTC
• preserve the Python 3.8 package floor

Validation

• uvx --from ruff==0.16.0 ruff check --fix --unsafe-fixes --extend-select F,I,D,UP,RUF,FA --target-version py38 --ignore BLE001,D100,D104,D203,D205,D212,D213,D401,D406,D407,D413,RUF001,RUF002,RUF012,S110 .
• uvx --from ruff==0.16.0 ruff format --line-length 120 .
• Python 3.8 compileall
• Python 3.8 package build

Deleted: redundant mapping item-key binding and nested conditional branch.

🛠️ PR Summary

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🌟 Summary

🛠️ Improves plugin reliability, timezone handling, and author resolution while simplifying internal code structure.

📊 Key Changes

• 🔄 Replaced absolute-style imports with package-relative imports for processor, improving module compatibility.
• 🕒 Updated date generation to use UTC-aware timestamps instead of local system time.
• 🧑‍💻 Simplified GitHub commit-author lookup conditions and request formatting.
• 📚 Updated author processing to iterate directly over Git data entries rather than unused file-path keys.
• 🧹 Converted task arguments to a standard dictionary for clearer, more maintainable code.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• ✅ Ensures generated creation and modification dates are consistent across machines and time zones.
• 🚀 Reduces potential import issues when the MkDocs plugin is packaged or executed in different environments.
• 👤 Improves reliability when resolving GitHub usernames and avatars from commit history.
• 🧩 Makes post-processing code easier to read and maintain without changing its core behavior.

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🔍 PR Review

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Clean PR. The Ruff-driven import, dict-literal, conditional, and unused-key changes preserve behavior, and the fallback timestamps now correctly use UTC while remaining compatible with the declared Python 3.8 floor.

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🎉 Thank you, @glenn-jocher, for this excellent contribution!

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent van Gogh

This PR brings together thoughtful improvements to plugin reliability, UTC-aware date handling, GitHub author resolution, and code maintainability. These changes make the MkDocs workflow more consistent across environments and easier to maintain. Your careful work is greatly appreciated!