Exa Is Deprecated

#1

Post by f4n4tiX » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 9:06 AM UTC

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#2

Post by goku12 » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:07 AM UTC

I hope that the author Benjamin Sago is alright. It's always concerning when FOSS developers disappear for a while - even though it isn't uncommon.

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#3

Post by Otek » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:08 AM UTC

I have alias ls=exa in my config for almost two years now. It’s honestly great. I guess I’ll use eza from now

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#4

Post by arjvik » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:21 AM UTC

I've been using LSD instead of Exa, so I'm lightly relieved that I don't have to change over.

Both projects are amazing little utilities that when combined with a well-customized shell, really make using the terminal a joy.

I absolutely love the trend of rewriting classic Unix utilities in rust, because the new tools often have (small or large) usability and quality of life improvements that altogether make the terminal a much more powerful environment.

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#5

Post by ducktective » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:25 AM UTC

I just use good old ls with LS_COLORS generated by vivid [1]

[1]: https://github.com/sharkdp/vivid

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#6

Post by scoopr » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:27 AM UTC

arjvik wrote: post #4

I've been using LSD instead of Exa, so I'm lightly relieved that I don't have to change over. Both projects are amazing little utilities that when combined with a well-customized shell, really make using the terminal a joy. I absolutely love the trend of rewriting classic Unix utilities in rust, because the new tools often have (small or large) usability and quality of life improvements that altogether make the termi…

Relevant link: https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#7

Post by zaptheimpaler » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:34 AM UTC

I love exa but that grid bug was bugging me - its fixed in the fork! See here:

https://github.com/eza-community/eza

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#8

Post by perihelions » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:35 AM UTC

This might affect me and other Debian stable users in the year 2025. The conservative side of the FOSS world rocks.

exa's great; it's a polished, feature-rich ls(1) that broadly improves on GNU ls. The --tree view is awesome; I wish more tools used that UX pattern. The only other one I can immediately remember is pstree.

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#9

Post by broodbucket » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:37 AM UTC

perihelions wrote: post #8

This might affect me and other Debian stable users in the year 2025. The conservative side of the FOSS world rocks . exa's great; it's a polished, feature-rich ls(1) that broadly improves on GNU ls. The --tree view is awesome; I wish more tools used that UX pattern. The only other one I can immediately remember is pstree.

I have the opposite feeling about package lethargy, I don't want to remember that exa is now eza at the time that my distro finally gets around to packaging eza, I want to do it now when it's right in front of me.

I'll go try lsd instead (and then I'll try the other ls rewrite, har har)

Re: Exa Is Deprecated

#10

Post by blueflow » Thu, Sep 07, 2023, 10:38 AM UTC

exa: 8 years, dead

ls: 38 years and counting.

Long live ls.