No XChat in Dapper
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | ||
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Juniper Openstack | Status tracked in Trunk | |||||
R4.0 |
Fix Committed
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Medium
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Unassigned | |||
R4.1 |
Fix Committed
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Medium
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Unassigned | |||
Trunk |
Fix Committed
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Medium
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Unassigned | |||
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Apparently someone made the decision to remove XChat from the default installation for Dapper. This is important because it is the means new users use to reach the various IRC channels on Freenode and all the support those have to offer. I understand that Gaim is still included and supports IRC, but this has a few problems as an alternative. First, new users are not going to thing that Gaim Internet Messenger in their Applications menu has anything to do with getting support. Second, setting up, connecting to, and using IRC isn't entirely intuitive. Third, many people simply don't like Gaim's IRC UI. Fourth, it does not have the built-in setting like XChat had to automatically join #ubuntu when first started. In short, a brand new user is significantly less likely to manage to find the support of the IRC channels on their first boot of Ubuntu without XChat included and not knowing the ropes pretty well already. The IRC channels are an absolutely vital way of helping new users, and must be very easily accessible. Inclusion of XChat is a big step towards that. (Further UI setup for first boot are an issue as well, but that's a separate issue.)
Thanks for your bug. /wiki.ubuntu. com/UbuntuLiveC hatSupport , this is intended, and a Help-wizard will make it easy to get on #ubuntu with gaim.
According to https:/
Of course, for further stuff (channels, servers) you might still want to use xchat, but if you really want to use IRC you'll probably find out how to instal xchat.
Note that I don't know if this will really make Dapper, so I'm keeping this bug open.