tags-todo agenda shoud not ignore DONE items (was: tags-todo org-agenda-custom-command weirdness)

[Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>]

Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

>> This behaviour of `tags-todo` seems inconsistent to me. If `todo` can
>> find DONE items, why shouldn't `tags-todo` do the same?
>
> Perhaps it should.  The behavior has been that way for a long time, and
> the code makes it look very deliberate.  That of course is not an
> argument that it should be that way, just one basis for expectations
> (and a reason to be wary of breaking workflows).
>
> And it looks like it was actually supposed to change to your preference
> in 2017.  There was a report [0] that essentially boils down to what
> you're saying, I think.  In response, 942b6267a (org-agenda: `tags-todo'
> command type includes DONE keywords, 2017-04-18) was applied, but then
> reverted for reasons not related to the intended change in behavior [1].
>
> There was then a follow-up in 2fb129b5c (`org-scan-tags' retrieve all
> TODO keywords, not only not-done ones, 2017-08-17).  As far as I can
> tell, that was supposed to achieve the behavior you're after but didn't.
> I don't have time to dig much at the moment, but quickly stepping
> through org-scan-tags, I think the issue is that the MATCHER argument
> still filters out done states.
>
>
> [0] https://orgmode.org/list/CAF96XX0XxhPKjAxy0dQmOiy3rnT+DUok4p1y71F1AwyJaNL-MA@mail.gmail.com/
> [1] https://orgmode.org/list/874lt89fi2.fsf@free.fr/

Confirming this as an issue, if someone wants to fix it.

-- 
 Bastien