Update: Replace deprecated json-lint with json-parse-even-better-errors (fixes #203)

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Fixes #203

Update

• Replaced json-lint (unmaintained since 2012) with json-parse-even-better-errors in JSONReadValidate.js
• Refactored error message formatting to extract error description without duplicating line/column information already present in the source error

Details

Before:

import JSONLint from 'json-lint'

const lint = JSONLint(jsonData)
if (!lint.error) return
// Error: "JSON parsing error: Unknown Character '}', ..., line: 1, character: 18, ..."

After:

import parseJson from 'json-parse-even-better-errors'

try {
  parseJson(jsonData)
} catch (err) {
  // Error: "JSON parsing error: Expected double-quoted property name in JSON, line: 1, character: 18, ..."
}

Error messages remain backward compatible while leveraging actively maintained library with better error reporting.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Remove deprecated json-lint dependency</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Subject of the issue/enhancement/features
We have a deprecated dependency in json-lint (no version bumps for 12 years). As far as I can see, it's only used for the logging of JSON errors in lib/util/JSONReadValidate.js.

Can we get this dependency removed/replaced with something better supported? (happy to do the work if I understand what's needed).

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Potential replacement: https://github.com/npm/json-parse-even-better-errors</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@oliverfoster https://github.com/npm/json-parse-even-better-errors ?

• Fixes Remove deprecated json-lint dependency #203

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