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Date:      Sat, 03 Mar 2018 09:24:59 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   maintainer-approval requested: [Bug 226322] irc/xchat: Please deprecate or remove XChat : [Attachment 191166] xchat.diff
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Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@freebsd.org> has asked gnome@FreeBSD.org for
maintainer-approval:
Bug 226322: irc/xchat: Please deprecate or remove XChat
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D226322

Attachment 191166: xchat.diff
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D191166&action=3Dedit



--- Description ---
It's not being developed anymore (last release ~8 years ago!) and has
several unpatched security issues as outlined by the HexChat developer
in [1].

HexChat (irc/hexchat) is an actively developed XChat fork with a
similar interface that can be used instead.

[1] https://tingping.github.io/2018/03/02/when-distros-get-it-wrong.html



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