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Popular IRC client HexChat gets a final release, is no longer maintained (hexchat.github.io)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's great, although protocol level support would be preferable.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Exactly. If you have a simple protocol, but then everyone layers a bunch of proprietary extensions on, is it really a simple protocol anymore? Or is it just a bunch of chat clients that only kind of talk to each other anymore?

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