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 Message-ID: <bug-226322-6497-IC9nMwVa0U@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-226322-6497@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-226322-6497@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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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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