Address issues reported by ruff check (#11043)

* Resolve E713 and E714 (not in/is tests).

* Address UP018 (unnecessary str call).

* UP045 requires Python 3.10+.

* Address UP007 (X | Y for type annotations).

* Address UP035 (import Callable from collections.abc).

* Address UP006 (t.Dict -> dict).

* Address UP009 (UTF-8 encoding comment).

* Address UP034 (extraneous parantheses).

* Address SIM910 (dict.get() with None default).

* Address F401 (unused import).

* Address UP020 (use builtin open).

* Address B009 and B010 (getattr/setattr with constant name).

* Address SIM300 (Yoda conditions).

* UP029 isn't in use anyway.

* Address FLY002 (static join).

* Address B034 (re.sub positional args).

* Address B020 (loop variable overrides input).

* Address B017 (assert raise Exception).

* Address SIM211 (if expression with false/true).

* Address SIM113 (enumerate for loop).

* Address UP036 (sys.version_info checks).

* Remove unnecessary UP039.

* Address SIM201 (not ==).

* Address SIM212 (if expr with twisted arms).

* Add changelog fragment.

* Reformat.

plugins/modules/monit.py

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class Monit:
         :@param validate: Force monit to re-check the status of the process
         """
         monit_command = "validate" if validate else "status"
-        check_rc = False if validate else True  # 'validate' always has rc = 1
+        check_rc = not validate  # 'validate' always has rc = 1
         command = [self.monit_bin_path, monit_command] + self.command_args + [self.process_name]
         rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(command, check_rc=check_rc)
         return self._parse_status(out, err)
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def main():
 
     present = monit.is_process_present()
 
-    if not present and not state == "present":
+    if not present and state != "present":
         module.fail_json(msg=f"{name} process not presently configured with monit", name=name)
 
     if state == "present":