Allow broad exceptions in pylint (#3685)

Fixes #3671

Author: ocelotl

.pylintrc

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ disable=missing-docstring,
       unused-argument, # temp-pylint-upgrade
       redefined-builtin,
       cyclic-import,
+      broad-exception-raised,
 
 # Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
 # either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
@@ -480,10 +481,3 @@ max-statements=50
 
 # Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
 min-public-methods=2
-
-
-[EXCEPTIONS]
-
-# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
-# "Exception".
-overgeneral-exceptions=Exception