this error is so stupid and i need java because im training for usaco

You can install mason in version 1.x, or alternatively use nvim-java-compatibility from Kabil777's fork.

How you can do that depends on you plugin manager and your configuration, though. So it's a bit hard to guide you.

With lazy, e.g., you can do

  {    "williamboman/mason.nvim",    branch = "v1.x",...

Or you can apply the fix proposed here:

LazyVim/LazyVim#6053 (comment)

Or you can do this:

  {    "nvim-java/nvim-java",...    dependencies = {      {        "nvim-java/nvim-java-core",        url = "https://github.com/Kabil777/nvim-java-core.git",        branch = "fix/mason-api-update",      },    },  },

@s1n7ax merging this PR is also necessary.

this error is so stupid and i need java because im training for usaco

@Coding4Hours I don't give a shit wtf you are training for. Don't know how branches work? Then stop trying you will be replaced by AI in few months anyway

Release notes states that the way to get the path is using$MASON environment variable. You could fix all occurrences to use$MASON or I fix and merge in few days. Formatting has to be fixed as well

Thank you very much for the hard work here. If I may ask, what would it take to push this PR through. It would be great to unblock the mason backward compatibility problem.

@ahakanbaba The last time I accepted a mason 2.0 compatibility PR, it was broken on mason 1.0 as well as on mason 2.0. Now that I have some time to think about it, the changes should think about backward compatibility as well. I think I should do this myself but at the same time I don't have much time. too busy with personal stuff.