+1 ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul W. Frields" <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> > To: desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 10:42:38 AM > Subject: Re: Retiring xchat and letting hexchat replace it > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 04:51:35PM +0000, Debarshi Ray wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I have been thinking of retiring xchat from Fedora, and let hexchat > > take over as its natural replacement. Historically, xchat has been quite > > popular, so I thought I'd mention it here before removing it from the > > distribution. > > > > XChat is dead [1] and the last upstream release was seven years ago > > [2]. On the other hand, HexChat [3] has been a part of Fedora for the > > last four years, upstream [4] (CCed) is involved in both the Fedora > > and GNOME communties, and I learnt that the MATE spin already ships it > > by default. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Cheers, > > Rishi > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XChat > > [2] http://xchat.org/ > > [3] https://hexchat.github.io/ > > [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tingping > > Questions about the UI notwithstanding, +1 from me. > > By the way, Matthias asked whether we needed this in a WG meeting, but > I'd propose that if enough of the WG members +1 here, then we can > consider the proposal accepted and make changes. > > -- > Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ > gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 > http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ > The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com > _______________________________________________ > desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
