[RFC] bzr whatnow: Inline help on workflows

[Jerome Leclanche]

I'm glad to see people are interested. Should I open a bug/blueprint on it?
(Sorry David. Damn those Reply buttons.)

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:53 AM, David Muir <davidkmuir at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Philippe Lhoste wrote:
>
>> On 13/07/2009 19:14, Jerome Leclanche wrote:
>>
>>> 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?". Example:
>>>
>>
>> A very cool idea that seems very original. A kind of wizard, on the
>> command line...
>> Perhaps not obvious to implement, as it might need some kind of expert
>> system to find out at which point of a workflow the user is.
>> It would need a formalization of workflows, perhaps with a kind of DSL to
>> describe them, and rules to infer where the user is with regard to workflow
>> states, from various information from the repository.
>> If properly done, it could be flexible enough to adapt to in-house rules
>> of each programming shop (while offering "standard" set of rules, of
>> course).
>>
>>
> This is a brilliant idea. Love it.
>
> David
>
>


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J. Leclanche / Adys
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