[RFC] bzr whatnow: Inline help on workflows

[Marius Kruger]

2009/7/13 Jerome Leclanche <adys.wh at gmail.com>:
> Hi all
>
> One of the problems that often come up when I help people switch to Bazaar
> is the workflow. I don't know them all myself and cannot always be of help.
> The modularity of Bazaar sometimes makes the job even more confusing for the
> end user.
>
> This morning it struck me that Bazaar doesn't actually have any kind of
> inline help on Workflows. http://bazaar-vcs.org/Workflows is great, but
> requires an internet connection, and you can't always find your way into it;
> particularly if you are not used to a specific workflow.

yes it may be useful to add some online help topics on workflows.

> My proposal is to add a command, either in bzr or bzrtools, that will query
> the current environment and provide inline help on the user's workflow
> depending on local changes, so on. Look at it like a "What should I do
> now?".

this is a crazy-cool idea, but I think we should get it working as
a separate plugin for now, until its ready for broader adoption.
This is like an interactive tutorial  or a bzr-NPC-helper-bot :)

regards
marius