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From: "LaFreniere, Joseph" <joseph@lafreniere.xyz>
Subject: Re: Hi, I was able to do basic build and install of XChat IRC Client
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Veera <vkor@vkten.in> writes:

> I have successfully done a basic build and install of XChat IRC=20
> Client.

>From what I can tell [0], the latest commit to XChat was in 2011.=20
Is this the software you packaged, or did you perhaps intend to=20
refer to HexChat [1], a maintained fork?

> I had chat about this in #Guix IRC. brendyyn, drakonis, lfam.
>
> They objected with XChat inclusion in Guix.
> =E2=80=A6
> Please can you tell me what to do?

Did the participants in #Guix who objected to including XChat in=20
Guix provide any reasons for their objections?  Understanding what=20
specifically they disliked about your recipe or the upstream=20
software might provide some guidance for next steps.

[0] http://xchat.org/files/?C=3DM;O=3DD
[1] https://hexchat.github.io/

--
Joseph LaFreniere