On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 01:03:20PM -0500, Kei Kebreau wrote:
> * gnu/packages/irc.scm (irssi): Update to 1.1.2.
> [source]: Use 'git-fetch'.
> [arguments]: Add 'patch-scripts' phase.
> [native-inputs]: Add autoconf, automake, and libtool.

Thanks!

But why switch to git-fetch when they offer a tarball? All else being
equal, we should stick to tarballs when they are offered by upstream.

Specifically, let's use this one:

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/download/1.1.2/irssi-1.1.2.tar.xz