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xchat package

  1. Bug #57951
  2. Comment #81

Comment 81 for bug 57951

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Alexandre Vassalotti (avassalotti) wrote : SRU Request: XChat crashes frequently on quit

In Ubuntu Edgy, XChat crashes frequently when the application is
closed. This has the effect of opening `apport', the bug report tool.
For XChat users, this bug is annoying and gives Ubuntu a lack of
polishing impression.

The bug is caused by the `gconf' feature of XChat. The solution, for
this version of XChat, is to disable `gconf' support completely. This
has the side effect of removing `xchat-remote', the irc:// protocol
handler of Firefox. However, this feature isn't known or used by most
XChat users, according to a small survey in the #ubuntu and
#ubuntu-offtopic done in December 2006. Most users would prefer to get
this bug fixed. Therefore, I think it's safe to disable XChat's
`gconf' support to fix this bug.

The patch disables XChat's `gconf' support and change the Maintainer
to Ubuntu MOTU Developers. The full package of the fixed version can
be found on REVU at: http://revu.tauware.de/details.py?upid=4534