Request: Remove dependency linters for go.mod

[d-kuro]

If I do not need the linter dependency to run promptui, can I remove it from go.mod?
Dependencies of tools using promptui also include linter, which can not be excluded.
I do not want to include dependencies in go.sum that are unnecessary for execution.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could explain the another solution.

module github.com/d-kuro/go-sandbox

go 1.12

require github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.3.2

exclude (
	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3
	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v3-unstable v3.0.0-20180810215634-df19058c872c
)

$ go mod tidy
go: github.com/manifoldco/promptui(v0.3.2) depends on excluded golang.org/x/lint(v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3) with no newer version available

go.sum

github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter v2.0.11+incompatible h1:ENdXMllZNSVDTJUUVIzBW9CSEpntTrQa76iRsEFLX/M=
github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter v2.0.11+incompatible/go.mod h1:qfIpQGGz3d+NmgyPBqv+LSh50emm1pt72EtcX2vKYQk=
github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10 h1:Swpa1K6QvQznwJRcfTfQJmTE72DqScAa40E+fbHEXEE=
github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e h1:fY5BOSpyZCqRo5OhCuC+XN+r/bBCmeuuJtjz+bCNIf8=
github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1 h1:q763qf9huN11kDQavWsoZXJNW3xEE4JJyHa5Q25/sd8=
github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4 h1:ta993UF76GwbvJcIo3Y68y/M3WxlpEHPWIGDkJYwzJI=
github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
github.com/golang/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3 h1:I4BOK3PBMjhWfQM2zPJKK7lOBGsrsvOB7kBELP33hiE=
github.com/golang/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:tluoj9z5200jBnyusfRPU2LqT6J+DAorxEvtC7LHB+E=
github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20181106134648-c34317bd91bf h1:7+FW5aGwISbqUtkfmIpZJGRgNFg2ioYPvFaUxdqpDsg=
github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20181106134648-c34317bd91bf/go.mod h1:RpwtwJQFrIEPstU94h88MWPXP2ektJZ8cZ0YntAmXiE=
github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign v0.0.0-20180909121442-1003c8bd00dc h1:cJlkeAx1QYgO5N80aF5xRGstVsRQwgLR7uA2FnP1ZjY=
github.com/gordonklaus/ineffassign v0.0.0-20180909121442-1003c8bd00dc/go.mod h1:cuNKsD1zp2v6XfE/orVX2QE1LC+i254ceGcVeDT3pTU=
github.com/juju/ansiterm v0.0.0-20180109212912-720a0952cc2a h1:FaWFmfWdAUKbSCtOU2QjDaorUexogfaMgbipgYATUMU=
github.com/juju/ansiterm v0.0.0-20180109212912-720a0952cc2a/go.mod h1:UJSiEoRfvx3hP73CvoARgeLjaIOjybY9vj8PUPPFGeU=
github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v0.0.0-20180621232353-2d01aacdc34a h1:weJVJJRzAJBFRlAiJQROKQs8oC9vOxvm4rZmBBk0ONw=
github.com/lunixbochs/vtclean v0.0.0-20180621232353-2d01aacdc34a/go.mod h1:pHhQNgMf3btfWnGBVipUOjRYhoOsdGqdm/+2c2E2WMI=
github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.3.2 h1:rir7oByTERac6jhpHUPErHuopoRDvO3jxS+FdadEns8=
github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.3.2/go.mod h1:8JU+igZ+eeiiRku4T5BjtKh2ms8sziGpSYl1gN8Bazw=
github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 h1:UVL0vNpWh04HeJXV0KLcaT7r06gOH2l4OW6ddYRUIY4=
github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4 h1:bnP0vzxcAdeI1zdubAl5PjU6zsERjGZb7raWodagDYs=
github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
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github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
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golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3 h1:x/bBzNauLQAlE3fLku/xy92Y8QwKX5HZymrMz2IiKFc=
golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
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golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181122145206-62eef0e2fa9b/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
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[adnaan]

go mod tidy fails

cli/pkg imports
	github.com/manifoldco/promptui imports
	github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter imports
	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v3-unstable imports
	github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n/i18n: module github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n@latest (v2.0.2+incompatible) found, but does not contain package github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n/i18n

Although it might be related to this: golang/go#34085

[floren]

Just ran into the same problem as adnaan.

[oneumyvakin]

Can't get why this issues still not fixed?
Currently, because of deprecated gometalinter, this package just can't be installed.

[danawoodman]

Bump. This is also happening in latest. https://github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter is now deprecated and they are encouraging users to use https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint

That said having it in the dependencies seems problematic for consuming projects.

@royeo @LuizBranco @Minivera or others, could we have the dependency removed?

[mschneider82]

I was able to fix the issue with go-i18n by adding the following to my go.mod:

require (
        github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n v1.10.1 // indirect
)

[danawoodman]

@mschneider82 thanks that also worked for me. Would be great to get it really "fixed" but this allows me to run go mod tidy and other commands again, thanks!