get hx on arch linux since hex has been abandoned

[ghost]

On Arch Linux helix had to give up the hx command because hex took it first.

Looking at the current situation for the hex repository:

• The last release has been more than 1 year ago
• Issues and PRs get closed automatically because of no developer interaction

The project is for all intents and purposes abandoned.
Conversely helix is still going strong.

Since both helix and hex are managed by the same maintainer on Arch it should be relatively easy to give hx to helix and then have them decide whether to simply rename hex to something else like hex or drop it.

[Fryboyter]

As far as I know, the renaming was done by the package maintainer at Arch Linux. The developers of Helix will therefore have no influence on this. It would therefore probably make more sense to contact the package maintainer.

However, in my opinion it is questionable whether a renaming will take place. Hex is still offered via the official package sources of Arch Linux. I therefore assume that hex can still be used under Arch Linux. Moreover, hex is not officially abandoned. The developer may consider the tool to be fully developed. The problem of identical commands therefore remains.

[ghost]

As far as I know, the renaming was done by the package maintainer at Arch Linux. The developers of Helix will therefore have no influence on this. It would therefore probably make more sense to contact the package maintainer.

Of course, but it's not like a random guy can go to the maintainer and ask for a name change.
It should be also in the best interest of the developers of helix to have a unified name on every platform.

Moreover, hex is not officially abandoned. The developer may consider the tool to be fully developed.

I already addressed these points, go take a look at the repo yourself if you don't believe me.
Issues and PRs are being ignored and closed automatically by github-actions and the developer is nowhere to be seen, so I don't see how anyone can look at that and think "fully developed" instead of "abandoned"

[xxxserxxx]

Yeah; not only it the upstream source repo still actively developed, the package entry was last updated in December 2024. Many core packages don't change as rapidly as AUR ones; that's not that old.

Until hex is removed from extra - which, being an actual core repository, is improbable anything soon - it's going to squat on the command name indefinitely.