From owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Sat Mar 3 09:25:02 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A9ADF2A0CB for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07D6876DE2 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id B9415F2A0C4; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:01 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: gnome@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7FE5F2A0C3 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org (mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4096376DDE for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C2D7214B1 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w239P0sg079136 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:00 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w239P07A079135 for gnome@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:25:00 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 09:24:59 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Type: request X-Bugzilla-Product: Ports & Packages X-Bugzilla-Component: Individual Port(s) X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: patch X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Only Me X-Bugzilla-Who: X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: gnome@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: maintainer-feedback? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 09:25:02 -0000 Tobias Kortkamp 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