From: jaxi <jaxi@cmyksoda.cc>
Subject: Re: NEW: games/renpy 8.5.3
To: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:29:53 -0400

Hi @ports,

Just pinging once again on Ren'Py.

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Thanks,

Jaxi

On 8/31/26 11:46 AM, Jaxi Wise wrote:
> Hi,
> Gentle ping on this one. The port I sent on 2026-08-12 still applies
> to a current snapshot.
> Re-tested today: builds from scratch, packages,
> installs and deinstalls cleanly, renpy the_question lint passes, and
> the launcher runs with audio and save/load (tested across multiple vns 
> from different developers).
> Any takers for a look, or an ok?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thanks,
> Jaxi
>
>
> On August 12, 2026 10:19:53 PM EDT, jaxi <jaxi@cmyksoda.cc> wrote:
>
>     Hi, Attached is a new port of Ren'Py 8.5.3, the visual novel
>     engine. https://www.renpy.org/ games/renpy was removed on
>     2025-10-18 ("remove py2-only ports/games/renpy (has been marked
>     BROKEN for over a year with no interest) and pygame_sdl2 (only
>     used by renpy); upstream has a newer version supporting Python 3
>     and newer Cython if someone wants to readd it"). This is that
>     re-add: upstream is Python 3 with current Cython, and pygame_sdl2
>     has been absorbed into the Ren'Py tree, so it is a single port
>     now, with no pygame_sdl2 to bring back. Notes: - One build
>     workaround: upstream's setup.py derives CFLAGS/LDFLAGS from
>     pkg-config but never CXXFLAGS, so the single C++ module misses the
>     SDL2 include path; the port adds the pkg-config cflags via
>     CPPFLAGS in do-build. Already fixed properly upstream, so this
>     disappears at the next release update. - One patch: a backport of
>     upstream's fix for Python 3.14 (where functools.partial became a
>     method descriptor), without which any save/persistent file
>     containing a datetime fails to unpickle. - The launcher, template
>     projects and bundled games are installed under share/renpy,
>     following the old port's layout. Tested on amd64/-current (Intel
>     HD 6000): builds from scratch, packages, installs and deinstalls
>     cleanly; `renpy the_question lint` passes headless from the
>     installed package; the launcher runs under X from the installed
>     package with working audio and save/load. Full commercial Ren'Py
>     games run start to finish on the same machine and engine version.
>     Known limitation: Ren'Py's optional Live2D animation support
>     cannot work on OpenBSD (it needs Live2D Cubism Core, a proprietary
>     binary-only library with no BSD build). This affects a subset of
>     commercial games. Noted in pkg/README. I am not able to commit to
>     being MAINTAINER right now, so I have left it unset. I'll be happy
>     if someone wants to take it. I will fix anything that comes up
>     during review.
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     Thank you, Jaxi Wise
>