Request tracker (rt) is a ticketing system which enables a group of people to intelligently and efficiently manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of users. it features web, email, and command-line interfaces (see the package rt3.8-clients).

this package provides the 3.8 series of rt. it can be installed alongside the 3.6 series without any problems.

rt is a high-level, portable, platform independent system that eases collaboration within organizations and makes it easy for them to take care of their customers.

rt manages key tasks such as the identification, prioritization, assignment, resolution, and notification required by enterprise-critical applications, including project management, help desk, noc ticketing, crm, and software development.

this package provides dependencies and dbconfig-common support for using request tracker version 3.8 with a mysql database.