maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 226322] irc/xchat: Please deprecate or remove XChat

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Bug 226322: irc/xchat: Please deprecate or remove XChat
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=226322



--- Description ---
It's not being developed anymore (last release ~8 years ago!) and has
several unpatched security issues as outlined by the HexChat developer
in [1].

HexChat (irc/hexchat) is an actively developed XChat fork with a
similar interface that can be used instead.

[1] https://tingping.github.io/2018/03/02/when-distros-get-it-wrong.html