Allow broad exceptions in pylint

Fixes #2470

.pylintrc

@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ disable=missing-docstring,
       missing-module-docstring, # temp-pylint-upgrade
       import-error, # needed as a workaround as reported here: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/issues/290
       cyclic-import,
-      not-context-manager
+      not-context-manager,
+      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
@@ -486,10 +487,3 @@ 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