Bug#1053654: ITP: erc -- powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs

[Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: bandali@gnu.org
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : erc
  Version         : 5.5
  Upstream Contact: Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>, F. Jason Park <jp@neverwas.me>
* URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/erc.html
* License         : GPL-3+
  Programming Lang: Emacs Lisp
  Description     : powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs

ERC is a powerful, modular, and extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
client distributed with GNU Emacs since version 22.1.

ERC comes with the following capabilities enabled by default:

- Timestamps
- Flood control
- Join channels automatically
- Buttonized URLs, nicknames, and other text
- Wrap long lines
- Highlight or remove IRC control characters
- Highlight pals, fools, and other keywords
- Detect netsplits
- Complete nicknames and commands in a programmable fashion
- Make displayed lines read-only
- Input history
- Track channel activity in the mode-line

Since ERC is currently developed and maintained as a 'core' package in
emacs.git (the GNU Emacs source tree), and GNU Emacs release timings
may not always align nicely with Debian releases, having a standalone
ERC package would enable users to have an up-to-date version of ERC
independently of the Emacs version.

I am one of the upstream maintainers of ERC, I use it regularly, and
I plan to maintain this package as part of the Debian Emacsen team.