Bug 278380

Summary:	shells/zsh: Consider making PCRE=on the default
Product:	Ports & Packages	Reporter:	Henrich Hartzer <henrichhartzer>
Component:	Individual Port(s)	Assignee:	Baptiste Daroussin <bapt>
Status:	New ---
Severity:	Affects Some People	Flags:	bugzilla: maintainer-feedback? (bapt)
Priority:	---
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Henrich Hartzer 2024-04-15 17:15:22 UTC

I'd like to suggest turning pcre on by default for shells/zsh. This lets users use plugins like https://github.com/sunlei/zsh-ssh without recompiling zsh.

A counter argument is that zsh's PCRE support uses the old, deprecated V1 library. However, the next release of zsh should move to v2 as that code is already committed. I have no idea when that release will be.

So if not now, maybe on the next release?

I'm quite open to other counter-arguments. Just wanted to start a discussion.

Also happy to contribute a patch if this is acceptable.

Thanks!