Prep for Pre-release 2

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+zoitechat (2.18.0~pre2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream pre-release 2.18.0~pre2.
+  * Added HexChat plugin compatibility improvements.
+  * Fixed user info right-click menu refresh behavior.
+  * Added support for emoji characters in alert highlight matching.
+  * Removed remaining unused GTK2 code paths.
+
+ -- ZoiteChat Maintainers <[email protected]>  Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:16:43 +0000
+
 zoitechat (2.18.0~pre1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream pre-release 2.18.0~pre1.

debian/control

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Suggests:
  zoitechat-python3,
  zoitechat-otr,
  unifont
-Description: IRC client for GNOME (fork of HexChat 2.18.0-pre1 base)
+Description: IRC client for GNOME (fork of HexChat 2.18.0~pre2 base)
  ZoiteChat is a graphical IRC client with a GTK 3 GUI. Features include Python,
  Perl and Lua scripting support, a plugin API, multiple server/channel
  windows, spell checking, multiple authentication methods including SASL, and