xchat is back, and Gianfranco wants to keep it.
Also, I see little value in a transitional package or similar when they
can't be upgraded from one to the other seamlessly. I'm therefore
closing both tasks.
** Changed in: hexchat (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Changed in: xchat (Ubunt
Technically, there really isn't a default IRC client in Ubuntu so I'm
closing the ubuntu-meta task.
My previous comment should be "hexchat is *NOT* currently in main*.
I'm keeping the bug open because there's a suggestion that hexchat
should provide a transitional package to upgrade xchat users t
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
It seems HexChat is removed from Ubuntu 16.04 repositories.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=xchat
I marked my bug as "fix released", but I am not sure if I should do it
here as I haven't done the removal or reported this bug and this seems
to be reported against two packages/projects.
** Summary changed:
- Make Hexchat the default IRC client instead of XChat in Ubuntu 14.10
+ Make Hexchat the default IRC client instead of XChat in Ubuntu 14.10 and
later versions
** Tags added: vivid
** Also affects: xchat (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Somewhat related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat/+bug/1437272
It would be nice if XChat could be dropped from repositories entirely or
made meta-package bringing HexChat as talked on #ubuntu-irc now.
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** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
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Title:
Make Hexchat the default IRC client instead of XChat in Ubuntu 1
** Package changed: hexchat (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
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Title:
Make Hexchat the default IRC client instead of XChat in Ubuntu 14.10
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: hexchat (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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