Neovim v0.9.2 is now available
This is the first Neovim release since Bram Moolenaar passed away and the archival/deprecation of both null-ls.nvim and packer.nvim.
Is anyone running into any issues with this release (particularly if you use null-ls or packer)? How are the Neovim distros (eg - NvChad, AstroNvim, LazyVim, LunarVim, etc.) performing after the update?
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/tag/v0.9.2
Wait, packer is dead? Feels like I’ve been through 100 damned packed managers.
What should one use now then?
The notice on packer suggested to use either lazy or pckr
NOTICE:
This repository is currently unmaintained. For the time being (as of August, 2023), it is recommended to use one of the following plugin managers instead:
lazy.nvim: Most stable and maintained plugin manager for Nvim.
pckr.nvim: Spiritual successor of packer.nvim. Functional but not as stable as lazy.nvim.
:h bram
Considering null-ls still works on nightly, it should be fine.
Does “still works” mean null-ls works just as well today on Neovim v0.9.2 (and/or latest nightly) as it did on Neovim v0.9.1 when the null-ls archival announcement was made about two months ago or that it “still works” as long as you can work around issues stemming from a change(s) to Neovim since the null-ls archival announcement?
Since Neovim v0.9.2 “is a maintenance release, focused on bug fixes and performance improvements”, I assume its the former.
For me, it works as well on nightly without any modifications as it did when the archival announcement was made. But I only use formatters and one or two linters. So can’t confirm for other features.
That said, I am thinking about changing to conform.nivm for formatting.
