Re: [request-tracker-maintainers] ITP: librt-extension-repeatticket-perl -- Perl module for repeating tickets in RT (Request Tracker) based on schedule

[Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 04:02:43PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 07:43:04AM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> > * Package name    : librt-extension-repeatticket-perl
> > * URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/RT-Extension-RepeatTicket
> > * License         : GPL-2
> >   Description     : Perl module for repeating tickets in RT (Request Tracker) based on schedule
> > 
> >  The RepeatTicket extension for the Request Tracker trouble-ticket tracking
> >  system allows you to set up recurring tickets so new
> >  tickets are automatically created based on a schedule. The new tickets are
> >  populated with the subject and initial content of the original ticket in the
> >  recurrence.
> >  .
> >  After you activate the plugin by adding it to your RT_SiteConfig.pm file, all
> >  tickets will have a Recurrence tab on the create and edit pages. To set up a
> >  repeating ticket, click the checkbox to "Enable Recurrence" and fill out the
> >  schedule for the new tickets.
> >  .
> >  New tickets are created when you initially save the recurrence, if new
> >  tickets are needed, and when your daily cron job runs the rt-repeat-ticket
> >  script.
> > 
> > I've chosen to name this package "librt-extension-repeatticket-perl", following
> > naming convention of CPAN packages.  I am aware of the rt4-extension-* packages
> > (like e.g. rt4-extension-calendar), but feel the name
> > librt-extension-repeatticket-perl is more suitable to fit in pkg-perl policy.
> > People looking for this package will find it anyway.
> > 
> > I'll work on the packaging using pkg-perl's git at Alioth
> > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/librt-extension-repeatticket-perl.git/
> > .
> 
> Hi,
> 
> RT extension packages are not quite normal CPAN modules; they frequently
> have other components (eg custom configuration fragments, data files,
> database schema scripts), are specific to RT major versions, and hence
> should not be installed in the normal perl paths.
> 
> I strongly recommend that you package and name this in the same way as
> the other RT extensions. I'd be happy to add you to the alioth project
> in order to maintain the package as part of this (small) team if you like.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dominic.

Adding the original ITP for the record.

Dominic.