Yes, there is still the original bug (re-occurring after the reverts). Matt's comment was accurate but related to the implementation of the fix not th concept of the bug. If you switch two free-tag entry mode from fast tag selection, the tags listed in the alist are not available for completion.

The trick, it appears, is to fix this in a way that a) works with and without Ido mode and b) doesn't also introduce the duplication that Matt reported.

On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, Bastien wrote:
Hi Mike,

Mike McLean <mike.mclean@pobox.com> writes:

> The "bug" was after shifting to free tag selection mode, the
> tags defined in org-tag-alist are not available for completion. 

Not sure I understand.  Do you suggest there is still a bug,
considering that we want to skip to Matt's quote about "historical
behavior"?  Please let me know if so.

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 Bastien