make satellite-tools pylint-able
removed old long time unmaintained tests

tests have already been replaced by automation
fixed Used builtin function 'apply'
fixed pylint warnings

W0702:192:Runner._add_package_header_values: No exception type(s) specified
W0703:197:Runner._add_package_header_values: Catch "Exception"
W0612:212:Runner._backup_packages: Unused variable 'path'
R0201:205:Runner._backup_packages: Method could be a function
fixed Uses of a deprecated module 'string'
fixed Line too long
removed commented out code
removed unused imports
fixed unused variables
fixed Comma not followed by a space
fixed  Redefining built-in '...'
fixed Redefining name 'e' from outer scope
fixed Method could be a function
fixed Class has no __init__ method
silenced Instance of '...' has no '...' member
silenced Access to a protected member ... of a client class
fixed Invalid name
fixed Attribute defined outside __init__
fixed Arguments number differs from overridden method
fixed More than one statement on a single line