Ora version 5.2.0 represents a subtle but potentially significant update to the popular terminal spinner library, evolving from version 5.1.0. For developers relying on elegant and informative terminal feedback, these changes warrant attention. The core functionality remains consistent: visually engaging spinners to enhance the user experience during command-line processes.
Key changes lie in the dependency updates. Version 5.2.0 introduces "bl" as a new dependency at version ^4.0.3 while removing “mute-stream”. This change likely impacts how data is handled internally, possibly optimizing stream processing or introducing new buffering capabilities. Developers should investigate "bl" to understand its role and potential implications for ora's behavior, especially when dealing with large outputs. Furthermore, cli-spinners has been updated from ^2.4.0 to ^2.5.0, suggesting improvements or additions to the available spinner animations. This could provide a wider range of visual options for different task types.
The development dependencies also saw upgrades with xo moving from ^0.25.0 to ^0.36.1, tsd from ^0.13.1 to ^0.14.0, get-stream from ^5.1.0 to ^6.0.0, and @types/node from ^14.0.27 to ^14.14.16 indicating improvements in code linting, type definition handling, and stream processing during development and testing. The unpacked size has slight reduction from 23193 to 23120. The upgrade represents a continued commitment to code quality, performance, and user experience.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 5.2.0 of the package ora
