#1110194 ITP: rt-extension-extractcustomfieldvalues -- Extract custom field values from email extension (for Request Tracker)

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Maarten Horden
Date:
2025-11-29 16:58:25 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1110194#5
Date:
2025-07-31 15:37:40 UTC
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To:
* Package name    : rt-extension-extractcustomfieldvalues
  Version         : 3.17
  Upstream Contact: Best Practical Solutions, LLC <modules@bestpractical.com>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/RT-Extension-ExtractCustomFieldValues
* License         : GPL 2
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : Extract custom field values from email extension (for Request Tracker)

This extension for Request Tracker (request-tracker5 package) allows automatic extraction of
custom field values from incoming email content.
#1110194#10
Date:
2025-08-01 01:26:37 UTC
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To:
Hi Maarten,

I just wanted to clarify, are you going to work on creating this package, or
would you like someone else to? I've been watching this extension and had
already thought it'd be useful to have.

Kind regards,
Andrew
#1110194#15
Date:
2025-08-01 08:13:14 UTC
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To:
Hi Andrew,

I asked Joost van Baal-Ilić (cc) to review my initial work, following
successful builds and tests in my own environment. He requested that I
upload it to my personal space on salsa.debian.org. As a result, it is
now available at:

https://salsa.debian.org/mhorden/rt-extension-extractcustomfieldvalues

I’m still struggling a bit with the packaging, mainly because the
upstream code is, in principle, compatible with request-tracker4,
request-tracker5, and request-tracker6, and could potentially be useful
for Bookworm (via backports), Trixie, and possibly Foxy. I'm unsure how
best to reflect that in the debian/ directory.

Best,

Maarten
#1110194#20
Date:
2025-08-01 09:20:19 UTC
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To:
Hey Maarten,

Excellent! Thank you for working on the packaging of this extension.

Don't worry about RT4, that'll be removed from unstable Real Soon Now, I
wanted to wait until Trixie was released before requesting it is removed. We
can add in RT6 support once I upload RT6 to unstable (almost ready).

You probably want to have a Build-Depends on libmodule-install-rtx-perl
which will then install all the request-trackerX packages that we're
supporting in Debian on the target release.

Pretty much all the extension packages under
https://salsa.debian.org/request-tracker-team/ follow the same conventions -
I see you've already copied the debian/rules file.

Cheers,
Andrew