[request-tracker-maintainers] RT::Extension::LDAPImport

[Jonathon Anderson]

Dominic,

Thanks for your response!

I am, as you have said, a "complete beginner to Debian packaging," so
I'll read the references you've provided, and get back to you.

~jonathon


On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Dominic Hargreaves <dom at earth.li> wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 10:49:57PM -0600, Jonathon Anderson wrote:
>> I'd like install the LDAPImport RT extension[1] on my Debian Stable
>> server. I haven't built a Debian package before, but I've built a fair
>> bit of RPMs[2] and would love to help if I can.
>>
>> Please let me know what I can do to help make LDAPImport installable
>> in Debian Stable.
>
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for your interest! I'm probably the main point of contact for
> RT packaging in Debian; new contributions are always welcomed and
> it would certainly be appropriate to create a Debian package of
> rt-extension-ldapimport.
>
> Your message prompted me to start writing up a bit about how RT
> extensions are packaged:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/RequestTrackerPackaging
> https://wiki.debian.org/RequestTrackerPackaging/Extensions
>
> It's far from complete but hopefully gives some hints about other
> extensions to look at for examples. I'm currently in the process
> of packaging rt-extension-assets which you can find at
>
> http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-request-tracker/rt-extension-assets.git
>
> (the packaging is essentially complete apart from the database
> integration which from a quick look probably won't apply to
> RT-Extension-LDAPImport).
>
> If you're a complete beginner to Debian packaging, you might find
>
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/
>
> useful. I'd be pleased to have such a package of rt-extension-ldapimport
> in Debian and maintained as part of the pkg-request-tracker team, not
> least because I may need it myself in the foreseeable future...
>
> The first step is to file an RFP or ITP bug:
>
> https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
>
> I suggest you prepare your package using git - if you need somewhere to
> host a public git repository, especially if you think you would like to
> help with ongoing maintenance, we can add you to the pkg-request-tracker
> group on Alioth[1]. Alternatively, upload packages to
>
> http://mentors.debian.net/
>
> and drop a note on this mailing list. Either way, once you/we prepare a
> package which is good, me or another DD can sponsor it into Debian.
>
> We don't really have an active IRC channel at the moment but I'm usually
> on IRC (nick 'Dom') if you want to get in touch that way - there's also
> the offical #rt channel on irc.perl.org.
>
> Cheers,
> Dominic.
>
> [1] <https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-request-tracker>