Comment 2 for bug 1423499

The debdiff between the old Ubuntu packaging and the new Ubuntu packaging is enormous:

$ debdiff irssi_0.8.16-1ubuntu4.dsc irssi_0.8.17-1ubuntu1.dsc | diffstat
 494 files changed, 60045 insertions(+), 51791 deletions(-)

I'm happy to provide it if needed.