Address PyLint 2.10.2 warnings

PyLint 2.10.2 reports some new warnings for various Python bits in the repository:

• unspecified-encoding
• redundant-u-string-prefix

Example report for main:

************* Module tests-checkds
bin/tests/system/checkds/tests-checkds.py:70:9: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
bin/tests/system/checkds/tests-checkds.py:120:13: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
bin/tests/system/checkds/tests-checkds.py:206:17: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
************* Module yamlget
bin/tests/system/digdelv/yamlget.py:22:5: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
************* Module stress_http_quota
bin/tests/system/doth/stress_http_quota.py:131:13: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
************* Module tests-rpz-passthru-logging
bin/tests/system/rpzextra/tests-rpz-passthru-logging.py:40:9: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
bin/tests/system/rpzextra/tests-rpz-passthru-logging.py:44:9: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
************* Module helper
bin/tests/system/statschannel/helper.py:82:9: W1514: Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding (unspecified-encoding)
************* Module conf
doc/arm/conf.py:90:10: W1406: The u prefix for strings is no longer necessary in Python >=3.0 (redundant-u-string-prefix)
doc/arm/conf.py:92:12: W1406: The u prefix for strings is no longer necessary in Python >=3.0 (redundant-u-string-prefix)
doc/arm/conf.py:93:9: W1406: The u prefix for strings is no longer necessary in Python >=3.0 (redundant-u-string-prefix)
doc/arm/conf.py:143:31: W1406: The u prefix for strings is no longer necessary in Python >=3.0 (redundant-u-string-prefix)
doc/man/conf.py:33:10: W1406: The u prefix for strings is no longer necessary in Python >=3.0 (redundant-u-string-prefix)
doc/man/conf.py:38:12: W1406: The u prefix for strings is no longer necessary in Python >=3.0 (redundant-u-string-prefix)
doc/man/conf.py:39:9: W1406: The u prefix for strings is no longer necessary in Python >=3.0 (redundant-u-string-prefix)

These should be easy to fix.

Blocks #2893 (closed)