PSA: Changes to the mason.nvim registry

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/neovim

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  • mason-registry

    Core registry for mason.nvim.

    Hello! This is a PSA for people who use mason.nvim (tl;dr at the bottom). Going forward the core registry will be hosted as a collection of static, YAML-based, package definitions at https://github.com/mason-org/mason-registry, as opposed to bundled with the mason.nvim plugin itself as Lua modules. This decouples the infrastructure in such a way that the Lua plugin becomes a standalone client that can be hooked into more registries than just the core one, as well as more easily be subject to versioning (mason.nvim currently doesn't version itself due to the fact that packages are bundled with it, which complicates things). This decoupling also lowers the barrier of entry for additional maintainers who can solely focus on the registry, without having to learn the internals of the plugin (more info will come soon if you're interested in possibly helping maintain the core registry).

  • purl-spec

    A minimal specification for purl aka. a package "mostly universal" URL, join the discussion at https://gitter.im/package-url/Lobby

    Makes heavy use of purls to define package sources. This aids portability of package identifiers, which is currently leveraged to automate version upgrades through Renovate and hopefully can be used to hook into vulnerability databases such as NVD for automated security scanning purposes.

  • InfluxDB

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  • renovate

    Universal dependency automation tool.

    Makes heavy use of purls to define package sources. This aids portability of package identifiers, which is currently leveraged to automate version upgrades through Renovate and hopefully can be used to hook into vulnerability databases such as NVD for automated security scanning purposes.

  • lua-language-server

    A language server that offers Lua language support - programmed in Lua

    I also want to thank current & past GitHub sponsors who help finance costs associated with the plugin. I regularly pay the surplus forward to other devs whose tooling I heavily rely on (huge shout-out to sumneko for working on the Lua language server, without it a plugin of the complexity of mason.nvim would be impossible, go sponsor them here).

  • json-schema-spec

    The JSON Schema specification

    Oh by JSON Schema I was referring to the portable specification, not JSON literally. Any data format that can be translated to JSON would be allowed (Lua tables, YAML documents, TOML documents). Having configuration annotated in a structured format such as JSON Schema would allow for interesting things like preventing breaking changes without bumping a major version.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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