diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 299de39..5dbcda7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ notifications:
     on_start:   never
 
 before_install:
-  - VERSION=0.15.000
   - PROJECT_NAME='av-caster'
   - DEPS='libfreetype6-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libx11-dev
           libxcursor-dev libxinerama-dev'
diff --git a/Builds/Packaging/PKGBUILD b/Builds/Packaging/PKGBUILD
index 0cd9d8e..7192894 100644
--- a/Builds/Packaging/PKGBUILD
+++ b/Builds/Packaging/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: bill-auger <bill-auger@programmer.net>
 pkgname=av-caster
-pkgver=0.15
+pkgver=0.16.000
 pkgrel=1
 epoch=
 pkgdesc="a simple native gStreamer GUI front-end for screencast and webcam streaming"
diff --git a/Builds/Packaging/README.md b/Builds/Packaging/README.md
index b8c8940..72b9216 100644
--- a/Builds/Packaging/README.md
+++ b/Builds/Packaging/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 
-
 the files contained in this directory are used by the openSUSE Build Service to package binary artifacts and are otherwise not interesting
 
 when merging into master, the current manual routine is as follows (perhaps we can automate some of these):
-* update 'VERSION' in .travis.yml
-* update 'Version' in Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc
+* create a tag/tarball named as "vMAJOR.MINOR.REV"
+* calclulate md5sum for arch package
+* update 'pkgver', 'url', and 'md5sums' in Builds/Packaging/PKGBUILD
+* update 'Version' and 'Files' in Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc (checksum is arbitrary)
 * update 'Version' in Builds/Packaging/av-caster.spec
-* update Builds/Packaging/debian.changelog
+* add to Builds/Packaging/debian.changelog
 * update %changelog version in Builds/Packaging/av-caster.spec
-* add any new dependencies to Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc (checksum is arbitrary)
+* add any new dependencies to Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc
 * add any new dependencies , package files , or build steps to Builds/Packaging/av-caster.spec
-* add any new dependencies , package files , or build steps to Builds/Packaging/debian.rules
-* tag/create a tarball and md5sum for arch package
-* update 'pkgver', 'url', and 'md5sums' in Builds/Packaging/PKGBUILD
+* add any new package files , or build steps to Builds/Packaging/debian.rules
 * commit any of the above changed files to the build server
diff --git a/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc b/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc
index 97fb2b5..87c2eef 100644
--- a/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc
+++ b/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.dsc
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Format: 1.0
 Source: av-caster
-Version: 0.15-1
+Version: 0.16.000-1
 Binary: av-caster
 Maintainer: bill-auger <bill-auger@programmer.net>
 Homepage: https://github.com/bill-auger/av-caster
 Architecture: any
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), build-essential, libfreetype6-dev, libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev (>= 1.6.0), libx11-dev, libxcursor-dev, libxinerama-dev
+Build-Depends: build-essential, debhelper (>= 4.1.16), libfreetype6-dev, libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev (>= 1.6.0), libircclient-dev, libx11-dev, libxcursor-dev, libxinerama-dev
 Files:
-  d57283ebb8157ae919762c58419353c8 133282 v0.15.orig.tar.gz
-  2fecf324a32123b08cefc0f047bca5ee 63176 v0.15.diff.tar.gz
+  d57283ebb8157ae919762c58419353c8 133282 v0.16.000.orig.tar.gz
+  2fecf324a32123b08cefc0f047bca5ee 63176 v0.16.000.diff.tar.gz
diff --git a/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.spec b/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.spec
index 7004210..d0fe429 100644
--- a/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.spec
+++ b/Builds/Packaging/av-caster.spec
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@
 #
 
 Name:          av-caster
-Version:       0.15
+Version:       0.16.000
 Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       A simple native gStreamer GUI for screencast, webcam, and audio streaming
 License:       LGPL-3.0
 URL:           https://github.com/bill-auger/av-caster/
 Source0:       https://github.com/bill-auger/%{name}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires: gcc-c++ libX11-devel freetype2-devel libXinerama-devel libXcursor-devel
+BuildRequires: freetype2-devel gcc-c++ libircclient-devel libX11-devel libXinerama-devel libXcursor-devel
+Requires:      libircclient1
 %if 0%{?sles_version} || 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires: gstreamer-plugins-base-devel
-Requires:      gstreamer-plugins-base gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad-free gstreamer-plugins-ugly
+Requires:      gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad-free gstreamer-plugins-ugly
 %endif
 %if 0%{?centos_version} || 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?rhel_version}
 BuildRequires: gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel
@@ -72,5 +73,5 @@ mv Builds/Makefile/build/%{name} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Nov 25 2015 bill-auger
-- v0.15
+* Wed Dec 05 2015 bill-auger
+- v0.16.000
diff --git a/Builds/Packaging/debian.changelog b/Builds/Packaging/debian.changelog
index c84cab9..a2ce013 100644
--- a/Builds/Packaging/debian.changelog
+++ b/Builds/Packaging/debian.changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+av-caster (0.16.000) whatever; urgency=medium
+
+  * add chat feature
+
+ -- bill-auger <bill-auger@programmer.net>  Sat, 05 Dec 2015 04:20:42 -0400
+
+
 av-caster (0.15.000) whatever; urgency=medium
 
   * toggle preview and output at runtime