Bug#830188: RM: xchat-gnome -- ROM; dead upstream (mostly), unmaintained

[Michael Biebl]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

Hi,

please consider removing xchat-gnome. There is still an occational
commit in the upstream repository, but it's not really actively
maintained anymore.
We also not really have anyone downstream in Debian who actively cares
for xchat-gnome.
I was considering orphaning it first, but I guess it's better to just
drop it from the archive as suitable replacements like hexchat exist
[2], that are actively maintained.

xchat-gnome will also soon be part of the openssl transition, i.e. RC
buggy once openssl 1.1.0 is uploaded to unstable.

I've CCed pkg-gnome-maintainers. If anyone objects, please speak up now.
Otherwise I'd like the ftp-masters to remove the package in a week or
so if there are no objections by then.


Regards,
Michael

[1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/xchat-gnome/log/
[2] https://packages.qa.debian.org/h/hexchat.html