On 13/08/25 05:43, Carl Keinath wrote: > > On Wed Aug 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM CEST, Sérgio Cipriano wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Sérgio de Almeida Cipriano Junior <cipriano@debian.org> > > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > > > > * Package name : neovim-alpha > > Version : 0.0~git20250709.2b3cbcd > > Upstream Contact: Zachary Churchill <zacharyachurchill@gmail.com> > > * URL : https://github.com/goolord/neovim-alpha > > * License : MIT > > Programming Lang: Lua > > Description : Customizable startup screen plugin for Neovim > > > > Alpha is a general-purpose Lua-powered UI library for Neovim, with > > conveniences for creating a customizable greeter or startup screen. > > Hi Sérgio, > > I'm currently using alpha-nvim, installed as a plugin. I'm not entirely > sure what the advantages would be of having it packaged, perhaps you > could elaborate? Also, the upstream name is alpha-nvim, so the current > URL points to a 404. Hi Carl, Thanks! The correct URL is https://github.com/goolord/alpha-nvim. Search and replace betrayed me on this one. The main advantage of packaging these plugins in Debian is to take some of the maintenance burden off users. Many Neovim plugins don’t have formal releases, so it’s not always obvious when it’s safe to upgrade. Sometimes a needed fix appears alongside new features that require a newer Neovim version than what Debian provides. By packaging them, I can ensure they’re tested and guaranteed to work with the Neovim version shipped in Debian. That way, users get stable, compatible updates without having to track upstream changes themselves. I’m already doing this work whenever I have to update the plugins or Neovim itself, so adding them to Debian just formalizes the process and makes the benefits available to everyone. Here’s the full list of plugins I’m planning to add: https://people.debian.org/~cipriano/nvim-as-ide-plugins/neovim-plugins.html -- Best, Sérgio Cipriano.
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