Can a linter be replaced if it seems like it's not maintained?

[ravsii]

A bit of backstory: I started working on a linter that enforces import aliases — forcealias. At the time, I couldn't find an existing alternative in golangci-lint, which is why I decided to build my own.

Later, I discovered that there's already a linter called importas that serves the same purpose. However, it seems to be no longer actively maintained — issues and PRs aren't getting any responses see here.

So I was wondering: is it possible to replace a linter with another one (assuming it covers most of the original use cases)? And if so, how does that process work?

[ldez]

Hello,

importas is still maintained. My issue from December 2024 has been handled: julz/importas#27

So we will not depreciate it or replace it.

[ravsii]

Got it, thanks