[TEAM] Drop XChat for 14.10

Jackson Doak noskcaj at ubuntu.com
Tue Jul 29 20:20:25 UTC 2014


-1

Pidgin's irc is barely functional at best, so if we want irc, we have to
have xchat or hexchat. Is our preferred method of people getting support
irc, or is this a backup method?


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:08 AM, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, julien mervyn dedier wrote:
>
>>
>> Chat is a very integral part of Ubuntu by dripping it will create
>> disaster for
>> many new users who get help there.
>>
>> What is the reason to drop it and replace it with what rubbish people
>> please
>> think before you act Ubuntu need xchat
>>
>> Julien M Dedier / 9Z4FZ
>>
>
> Chat is an integral part of Ubuntu and dropping Xchat as it's not
> maintained is understandable. There are many choices available, and Linux
> is all about choice. I've been using Chatzilla for a couple of months and
> like it.
>
> As for hexchat I think there are better choices. An article in Circle on
> all available IRCs would be a good idea.
>
> james
>
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