Current version in Fedora is 1.4.9 from December, newest upstream is release 1.5.2 (https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/releases). This version fixes some false positives in pylint for the "re" module.
pylint-1.7.1-1.fc26 python-astroid-1.5.2-1.fc26 python-lazy-object-proxy-1.3.1-1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-a312783698
pylint-1.7.1-1.fc26, python-astroid-1.5.2-1.fc26, python-lazy-object-proxy-1.3.1-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-a312783698
pylint-1.7.1-1.fc26 python-astroid-1.5.2-2.fc26 python-lazy-object-proxy-1.3.1-1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-a312783698
pylint-1.7.1-1.fc26, python-astroid-1.5.2-2.fc26, python-lazy-object-proxy-1.3.1-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-a312783698
pylint-1.7.1-1.fc26 python-astroid-1.5.2-4.fc26 python-lazy-object-proxy-1.3.1-1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-a312783698
pylint-1.7.1-1.fc26, python-astroid-1.5.2-4.fc26, python-lazy-object-proxy-1.3.1-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-a312783698
pylint-1.7.1-1.fc26, python-astroid-1.5.2-4.fc26, python-lazy-object-proxy-1.3.1-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.