twb> For example, the zsh completion code is (according to #zsh)
twb> obsolete, having been more actively maintained with the zsh
twb> repository (which is apparently the norm for zsh completion
twb> scripts, unlike bash).

kowey> Sounds like we should just remove it altogether then.

Confirm that I'm not crazy, then remove the zsh completion scripts.

Excerpts from Trent Buck's message of Mon Jan 05 00:03:03 UTC 2009:
> 
> New submission from Trent Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com>:
> 
> twb> For example, the zsh completion code is (according to #zsh)
> twb> obsolete, having been more actively maintained with the zsh
> twb> repository (which is apparently the norm for zsh completion
> twb> scripts, unlike bash).
> 
> kowey> Sounds like we should just remove it altogether then.
> 
> Confirm that I'm not crazy, then remove the zsh completion scripts.

I do not agree, the completion script maintained by zsh does not even use
--list-options and --commands options, so commands and options are heavily
duplicated which leads to fragile and hard to maintain code.

However the situation of scripts in tools (zsh_completion_{new,old}) is not
perfect either, the zsh_completion_new one is close to the one maintained
by the Zsh group, so same issue there.

I would like to propose mine, that is a simple and short adaptation that
works fine one current Zsh's versions and use --commands and --list-options
to stay version agnostic.

All the best,

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On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 08:48:14 -0000, Nicolas Pouillard wrote:
> I would like to propose mine, that is a simple and short adaptation that
> works fine one current Zsh's versions and use --commands and --list-options
> to stay version agnostic.

Care to submit this as a patch?  Thanks!

Hello Nicolas,

--list-options
> > to stay version agnostic.
> 
> Care to submit this as a patch?  Thanks!
> 
> __________________________________
> Darcs bug tracker <bugs@darcs.net>
> <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue1301>
> __________________________________
> 

Any news here?

Thanks a lot and best regards
Thorkil

Nicholas,

This patch is now in the Darcs repo.  Does this mean the
zsh_completion_* files can be removed?

    Fri Mar 13 07:35:09 EST 2009  Nicolas Pouillard <nicolas.pouillard@gmail.com>
      * New updated Zsh completion script (c.f. issue 1301)

I think they can be removed.
If someone prefer the old one please complain.

The following patch updated the status of issue1301 to be resolved:

* Resolve issue1301: remove obsolete zsh completion scripts. 
Ignore-this: d0a7415504f84eb7268417cf049a1492