Re: new: net/parla & net/deltachat-rpc-server: DeltaChat instant messaging

[Chris Billington]

Mikolaj Kucharski wrote:

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 10:25:57AM +0800, Chris Billington wrote:

Mikolaj Kucharski wrote:

On Sun, Jul 05, 2026 at 12:19:12PM +0100, Chris Billington wrote:

The .tgz files for deltachat-rpc-server and parla are attached.
I have left in a commented MODCARGO_ENV for deltachat-rpc-server that forces
system sqlcipher in case anyone wants to build on 7.9-stable/-release. It's
not needed on -current.

Is anyone willing to import, or provide OKs?

Regards
Chris Billington

Kind reminder. Having it in ports would make my life easier.

The attached tgz update parla to version 0.7.2 and deltachat-rpc-server to
v2.56.0

Tested on 8.0-beta GENERIC.MP#53 amd64 / Build date: 1784777609 - Thu Jul 23
03:33:29 UTC 2026 and 7.9-stable.

Regards
Chris Billington

I am testing `deltachat-rpc-server` at the moment and I'm happy how it
works. I would appreciated to have it in ports.

net/deltachat-rpc-server:
- Update to v2.59.0
- Add maintainer
- Keep in net category to match net/flare-messenger

net/parla:
- Update to 0.8.0
- Add maintainer
- Keep in net category to match net/flare-messenger

        - graphics/webp-pixbuf-loader (webp stickers/avatars)
        - multimedia/gstreamer1/libav (h.264/mp4)
        - multimedia/gstreamer1/plugins-rs (AV1 support)
        - multimedia/libheif (iPhone etc. images)
        and also
        - x11/gtk+4,-guic (icon caching)



- Prior parla issue with systemtray menu now fixed upstream



Tested on 7.9-stable and -current Build date: 1786688282 Fri Aug 14



Testing and OKs welcome

Chris

- Add RUN_DEPENDS to net/parla to ensure common multimedia attachments can be played by default: On most desktop systems these RUN_DEPENDS would be installed by other common multimedia applications but there will be edge cases where they are not (for example AV1 support). - symbolic icons used presume a Gnome desktop with access to Adwaita icon theme (they are also in Breeze and Papirus, but not Greybird, the xfce default). In Xfce (and presumably other non-Gnome environments) Adwaita is not accessible by default (Hidden=true index.theme), so some icons may not display correctly depending on theme setup. I have proposed an 'x11/adwaita-xfce-icon-theme' package as a workaround for non-gnome environments. Comments, particularly on whether adding the above RUN_DEPENDS is the right approach?

deltachat-rpc-server.tgz
Description: application/compressed-tar

parla.tgz
Description: application/compressed-tar