Aye will have a go with the Hexchat and the plugin over the next few days to see how they fair for me - Lderan
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:58:35 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Default application for IRC > > Hey everyone, > > as our next release is not LTS we're reviewing some of our default app > choices and considering to move away from XChat, as it hasn't been maintained > as actively lately as e.g. its fork hexchat. [1] > > We've discussed this in today's community meeting and the outcome of this > first review was a bit mixed. While neither of the present team members > really use/d pidgin for IRC, it could still be enough as an easy way for > users to get on IRC to get support. Additionally there's the webchat option > on xubuntu.org. > > So this is what it comes down to (at least the way I see it): > 1) Should we replace XChat as our default IRC client? > 2) Is the IM app we already ship (pidgin) and the webchat option enough to > replace XChat? > 3) Should we use hexchat over 1) or 2)? > > I personally wouldn't mind replacing XChat and trying something new, mostly > because it doesn't seem maintained. I still have to take both pidgin and > hexchat for a spin though, because I haven't used the latter at all and the > other I haven't used for IRC. > > I propose that (at least) members of the Xubuntu team try these apps for real > too and we have another – more informed and experience-based – discussion at > the next team meeting. > > Cheers > Simon > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/Utopic/Hexchat > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
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