irssi 0.8.8 is out, please update. (Not sure if a simple version bump is sufficient, though. Haven't checked, sorry.)
Alright, a little tweaking is necessary. Please find the attached irssi-0.8.8.ebuild.patch that will patch irssi-0.8.6-r5.ebuild to produce irssi-0.8.8.ebuild. Additionaly, I've attached a revised files/irssi-0.8.8-configure.patch file.
Created attachment 21150 [details, diff] patches irssi-0.8.6-r5.ebuild to produce irssi-0.8.8.ebuild
Created attachment 21151 [details, diff] revised ./configure patch file for irssi 0.8.8
in cvs