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From:
Chris Billington <emulti@disroot.org>
Subject:
new: net/parla DeltaChat client: update to 0.9.0
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openbsd-ports Mailing List <ports@openbsd.org>
Date:
Sun, 6 Sep 2026 15:18:03 +0800

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The attached updates net/parla DeltaChat client to 0.9.0

The most relevant change from previous 0.8.2 version apart from minor 
bugfixes and improvements is enabling WebXDC apps by default, which adds 
a LIB_DEPENDS on webkitgtk60 and some corresponding WANTLIB additions.

WebXDC apps [1] are mini secure/sandboxed html/js/css applications for 
collaboration, information sharing or gaming etc.

I tested a few: simple ones like calculators/chess/checklists worked 
fine. More advanced applications such as the Calc mini-spreadsheet which 
use WebAssembly are out of reach for Webkitgtk60.

Tested on 8.0-beta amd64 1788462483 - Thu Sep  3 19:08:03 UTC 2026 
(after the libc bump)

Tests and comments welcome.

If interested in secure/private messaging, Delta Chat [2] is worth a 
look. I have used it for some years on mobile, including with contacts 
in countries behind aggressive State firewalls.

The 'Chatmail' server component (effectively a restricted IMAP server) 
DC uses is based on a Debian 12 core. At the moment public instances are 
run by the development team with NLNet support.  I don't have the 
in-depth email knowledge to port that config to OpenBSD, but it is 
surely possible.

[1] https://webxdc.org
[2] https://delta.chat

Chris