bug: module 'noice.config.views' not found when using vim.pack instead of Lazy

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Neovim version (nvim -v)

v0.13.0-dev-110+g8603fc9180

Operating system/version

macOS 26.4 build 25E246

Describe the bug

Is there documentation available for migrating noice from the Lazy plugin manager to vim.pack? I keep getting the following error message, and I don't know how to proceed. It could be a bug, but it's more likely that I am doing something wrong.

...im/site/pack/core/opt/noice.nvim/lua/noice/util/lazy.lua:6: module 'noice.config.views' not found:                 
        no field package.preload['noice.config.views']                                                                
        cache_loader: module 'noice.config.views' not found                                                           
        cache_loader_lib: module 'noice.config.views' not found                                                       
        no file './noice/config/views.lua'                                                                            
        no file '/Users/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/share/luajit-2.1/noice/config/views.lua'                  
        no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/noice/config/views.lua'                                                     
        no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/noice/config/views/init.lua'                                                
        no file '/Users/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/share/lua/5.1/noice/config/views.lua'                     
        no file '/Users/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/share/lua/5.1/noice/config/views/init.lua'                
        no file './noice/config/views.so'                                                                             
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/noice/config/views.so'                                                    
        no file '/Users/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/lib/lua/5.1/noice/config/views.so'                        
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'                                                                   
        no file './noice.so'                                                                                          
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/noice.so'                                                                     
        no file '/Users/runner/work/neovim/neovim/.deps/usr/lib/lua/5.1/noice.so'                                     
        no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'

Steps To Reproduce

Add the lines vim.pack.add { 'https://github.com/folke/noice.nvim' } and require('noice').setup {} to init.lua.

Expected Behavior

Plugin should be initialised.

Repro