Bug#934926: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#934926: update (overridding of default fpath causes uncessary complexity and pain for software providing zsh completions)

2022-01-09 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Axel Beckert wrote on Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 08:52:04 +0100: > Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > […], or /etc/zsh/zshrc.d/ could be added (there's a separate ticket > > for that but my quick grep didn't find it), > > You probably had https://bugs.debian.org/776663 in mind which has been > filed against

Bug#934926: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#934926: update (overridding of default fpath causes uncessary complexity and pain for software providing zsh completions)

2022-01-09 Thread Frank Terbeck
Axel Beckert wrote: […] >> With that, we could add the prefix based site-functions directory, >> but deprecate its use. > > Ack, that thought came to me also after having read your mail > half-through. It though has the danger that some so far not active > plugins will suddenly start to work. So

Bug#934926: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#934926: update (overridding of default fpath causes uncessary complexity and pain for software providing zsh completions)

2022-01-09 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Frank, thanks a lot for trying to wrap the history of all these directories! I wasn't aware of this non-obvious timeline with Debian having added vendor-* directories before upstream last updated their search paths. > The reason this doesn't get added on Debian right now is that we're >

Bug#934926: update

2022-01-09 Thread Frank Terbeck
Daniel Shahaf wrote: […] > - Packages that are part of Debian should install to > /usr/share/zsh/vendor-*. > > - Upstream packages have three options: > > + Install to /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions (regardless of their > own $PREFIX _and_ of zsh's $PREFIX) This is precisely the

Bug#934926: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#934926: update (overridding of default fpath causes uncessary complexity and pain for software providing zsh completions)

2022-01-08 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Daniel, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > That's not to say that things can't be improved going forward. The big question to me seems "how?". > […], or /etc/zsh/zshrc.d/ could be added (there's a separate ticket > for that but my quick grep didn't find it), You probably had

Bug#934926: update

2022-01-08 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Joey Hess wrote on Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 16:27:53 -0400: > The simple fact is that as an upstream author who used the debian > locations because they were the ones that worked on my system, I get bug > reports from users of other systems that it's not right for wider uses > of zsh. And Debian seems

Bug#934926: update

2022-01-08 Thread Joey Hess
The simple fact is that as an upstream author who used the debian locations because they were the ones that worked on my system, I get bug reports from users of other systems that it's not right for wider uses of zsh. And Debian seems to be leaving it up to me to deal with it, which just makes me