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chore: consider switching JSON-schema dependency to github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the Docker CLI's use of github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema and reviewing the related compose-go issue. Compare the proposed replacement with the OCI image-spec migration and check whether validation behavior remains compatible. Done means reaching a documented dependency decision and identifying the required scope of any migration.

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Description

The github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema module used for JSON-schema validation has not been maintained for a long time, and because of that, ended on the "avoid" list in kubernetes; https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/128572#issuecomment-2457145817

The OCI image-spec has now transitioned to a new dependency (github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema) as replacement in v1.1.1, and we should look if we can follow so that we don't end up with two separate dependencies performing the same task;

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