[Bug 38694] Re: [Bug 38694] Re: No XChat in Dapper

[Matthew East]

On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 02:25 +0000, Peter Garrett wrote:
> How exactly is it a feature to expect people to use an app that isn't really purpose-designed for IRC ?

It's a feature that a good irc client has been removed from the distro,
because irc is not a particularly common use case. MSN is much more
common as a chat protocol, and since Gaim does both, it's a better
option than shipping two chat programs.

It's easy for those that like irc to install other programs.

> There are times when a new user is told to use certain commands in
their IRC client that simply don't work in Gaim.

They should be told to install xchat, or another good irc client.

That is my opinion, at least.
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No XChat in Dapper
https://launchpad.net/bugs/38694