Re: Shell Completion Scripts - Bash and others - CPAN Distribution

[Mikko Johannes Koivunalho <mikko.koivunalho@iki.fi>]

Thank you, gregor.

I think it is an interesting question because the completion scripts are 
sometimes done by others, the users of the software, not the developers. 
So contrib/ might really be the correct place.


--Mikko

On 05/10/2025 18:55, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Oct 2025 13:37:04 +0200, Mikko Johannes Koivunalho wrote:
>
> > Is there any policy in this area?
>
> I don't think so.
>
> > - How to include shell completion scripts in a CPAN distribution?
>
> That's more of a question for the CPAN folks :)
>
> Examples I find locally are:
> - rex: puts them in share/
> - minilla: under contrib/
> - distzilla: under misc/
> - Module::Build: under contrib/
>
> > - Does the group take any action if there is shell completion scripts 
> > included in a distro?
>
> Yes, if we see a bash or zsh completion script in a CPAN distribution, 
> we will typically install it. (And it doesn't matter in which 
> subdirectory they are shipped and how the files are named.)
>
> E.g. for rex the completions end up as
> - /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/rex
> - /usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions/_rex
>
>
> Cheers,
> gregor
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Mikko Koivunalho