GNU bug report logs - #26661
compile, shell etc. should use bash-completion !

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Message #28 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: Re: bug#26661: compile, shell etc. should use bash-completion !
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 13:28:49 +0000

reopen 26661
tags 26661 - notabug wontfix
thanks

Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Lots of authors of CLI tools now maintain their own completion
> configuration for e.g. Bash and/or Zsh, so by supporting Bash's native
> completion facilities we would leverage their efforts instead of
> re-developing ad-hoc completion functions.
[...]
> I just think the benefit/cost ratio of enabling native Bash
> completions by default seems high.

OK, those are indeed compelling arguments, so I'm re-opening the bug
report.

Maybe we could convince the authors of the bash-completion package to
assign their copyright to the FSF.

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