I just tried to use Hexchat on my work computer and it refused to work with my proxy settings, while at the same time it was working on xchat perfectly.
2014-06-25 8:27 GMT-03:00 Thomas Molloy <[email protected]>: > 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 > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- Bruno.-
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