[Rt-devel] [BUG]: whitespace in custom fields not allowed by REST protocol.

[Dmitri Tikhonov]

Dear list,

I noticed that both /usr/bin/rt and RT::Interface::REST do not support
whitespace in attribute names.  However, whitespace is allowed in Custom
field.  Take, for instance, rt.cpan.org:

  CF-Severity: Critical
  CF-Broken in: 0.05
  CF-Fixed in:

The problem is with $field variable, which is set to

  '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*'

One solution is to allow whitespace for custom fields:

  '(?:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*|CF-[a-zA-Z0-9_ -]*)'

Another solution is to disallow whitespace in custom fields.  My point
is, REST should be consistent with RT rules, otherwise it becomes
unusable.  (Try doing 'edit' on CPAN RT tickets).

Comments?

  - Dmitri.