Make Hexchat the default IRC client instead of XChat in Ubuntu 14.10 and later versions
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
| | xchat (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Since XChat is no longer in development by it's main developer, I was thinking that maybe you guys should make HexChat the default IRC client for Ubuntu 14.10, if it isn't already the default IRC client in Ubuntu 14.04. It's a great IRC client, and it's much better than XChat. So I would really appreciate it if you guys could make HexChat the default IRC client in the next release of Ubuntu.
| affects: | hexchat (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Mikaela Suomalainen (mikaela) wrote : | #2 |
Somewhat related: https:/
It would be nice if XChat could be dropped from repositories entirely or made meta-package bringing HexChat as talked on #ubuntu-irc now.
| summary: |
- 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 |
| Mikaela Suomalainen (mikaela) wrote : | #3 |
It seems HexChat is removed from Ubuntu 16.04 repositories. http://
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.
| Jeremy Bicha (jbicha) wrote : | #4 |
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:/
But you'll need to talk to the Ubuntu Desktop team about whether they want hexchat in main.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.