[Bug 1322024] Re: Make Hexchat the default IRC client instead of XChat in Ubuntu 14.10 and later versions

[Jeremy Bicha]

hexchat currently uses gtk2 and I don't think we want any more gtk2
dependencies added to main.

hexchat is currently in main so it would need to complete the Main Inclusion Process.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MainInclusionProcess

But you'll need to talk to the Ubuntu Desktop team about whether they
want hexchat in main.

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Title:
  Make Hexchat the default IRC client instead of XChat in Ubuntu 14.10
  and later versions

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in xchat package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Since XChat is no longer in development by it's main developer, I was
  thinking that maybe you guys should make HexChat the default IRC
  client for Ubuntu 14.10, if it isn't already the default IRC client in
  Ubuntu 14.04. It's a great IRC client, and it's much better than
  XChat. So I would really appreciate it if you guys could make HexChat
  the default IRC client in the next release of Ubuntu.

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