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 TTARL Chairman IRESC Snr. Vice President IRESC UN Representative Samsung Note GT-N7000 Operating Software CyanogeMod 10.1.3 / n7000 Gapps-jb-20130812 Privacy Guard Protected Full Encryption and Security <div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 29, 2014 9:26 AM, "Thomas Molloy" <<a href="mailto:lderan@outlook.com">lderan@outlook.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div dir="ltr">-1 pidgin's plugin isn't a good enough substitute for me<div> </div><div>- lderan <div>> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:35:27 +0100 > From: <a href="mailto:ub.untu@btinternet.com" target="_blank">ub.untu@btinternet.com</a> > To: <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Subject: Re: [TEAM] Drop XChat for 14.10 > > On 29/07/14 13:10, Simon Steinbeiß wrote: > > Hey Xubuntu team members, > > > > we started voting on a proposal for the default IRC client in today's > > meeting[0]. > > > > In short, what we're voting on is whether to drop XChat for Xubuntu > > 14.10. > > > > == Rationale == > > > > Those who need IRC can still use pidgin and this is a consistent move > > in terms of streamlining our default applications (remember the > > dropping of GThumb in 14.04). > > This decision would be revisited for 15.04, so if we'd see the need, we > > could re-add XChat (or hexchat). > > > > == Voting == > > > > Just reply with +1, 0 or -1 to this thread – you can obviously also > > explain why you voted one or the other way. So far, we have 4 votes > > from team members for the proposal to drop XChat and 0 against (and 0 > > abstained). > > > > Please note that ONLY XUBUNTU TEAM MEMBERS CAN VOTE. Other votes are > > ignored, so please don't send a vote and waste bandwidth unless you are > > an active member of the Xubuntu team [1]. > > > > == End of vote == > > > > This vote will expire in one week (June 6th, 10:00 UTC), so please send > > in your votes in a timely manner. > > > > Cheers > > Simon > > Xubuntu Project Lead > > > > [0] > > <a href="http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/xubuntu-devel/2014/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank">http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/xubuntu-devel/2014/xubuntu-devel</a>.<a href="tel:2014-07-29-10" value="+12014072910" target="_blank">2014-07-29-10</a>.30.log.txt > > [1] <a href="https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-team/+members#active" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-team/+members#active</a> > > > -1 > > -- > Ubuntu Forum Council Member > Xubuntu QA Lead > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a> </div></div> </div></div> -- xubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div>