Short, task-based bzr doclets for real-world use cases.

Ben Finney bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au
Fri Jan 16 06:32:16 GMT 2009


Karl Fogel <karl.fogel at canonical.com> writes:

> [This mail is long, because it's trying to get experts -- you -- to
> recall a long-vanished time when you knew nothing about bzr :-) .]

Hah! There are plenty of people here who are not experts; you're in
good company :-)

> I don't think we have much in the way of task-based guides right now.
> What I've found are: […]

I'm not sure whether you consider the Quick Reference Card
<URL:http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/bzr.1.3/en/quick-reference/quick-start-summary.pdf>
to be tasked-based. I certainly think it fits the “must be brief so
the required investment is low” criterion.

> Thoughts?  Rotten tomatos?  Am I onto a real problem here?

Applause and thanks for your research and report. Yes, I think this is
a genuine problem, and thank you for raising it with an honest
examination of the field.

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Ben Finney




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