We stopped installing xchat-gnome by default before dapper, they are different program, if an user choice to install xchat-gnome instead of xchat he might have to update some configure option. That's not really a bug, closing now
** Changed in: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Rejected -- preferences lost after upgrade to Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/31489 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs