In Ubuntu, we've applied the attached patch to achieve the following:
* debian/control:
- Drop xchat-gnome from Replaces/Conflicts.
We thought you might be interested in doing the same.
diff -Nru xchat-2.8.8/debian/control xchat-2.8.8/debian/control
--- xchat-2.8.8/debian/control 2014-10-13 21:58:48.000000000 +0200
+++ xchat-2.8.8/debian/control 2015-04-05 19:24:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@
Package: xchat
Architecture: any
Provides: irc
-Replaces: xchat-gnome (<< 1:0.11-1), xchat-common (<< 1.6.0-1)
+Replaces: xchat-common (<< 1.6.0-1)
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, xchat-common (= ${source:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: ${shlibs:Recommends}, esound-clients | alsa-utils, libnotify4 | libnotify-bin, xdg-utils
-Conflicts: xchat-gnome (<< 1:0.11-1)
Description: IRC client for X similar to AmIRC
XChat is a graphical IRC Client with a GTK+ GUI. It has a look and feel
similar to AmIRC for the Amiga. Special features include the mIRC extension
