diff -Naur py-matrix-synapse.orig/Makefile py-matrix-synapse/Makefile
--- py-matrix-synapse.orig/Makefile	2019-11-28 17:05:12.000000000 +0000
+++ py-matrix-synapse/Makefile	2019-12-18 12:24:54.612020000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	matrix-synapse
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	net-im python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@
 SUB_LIST=	PYTHON_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD} DBDIR=${DBDIR} LOGDIR=${LOGDIR} PIDDIR=${PIDDIR} USERS=${USERS}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	"@sample ${ETCDIR}/log.config.sample"
-PORTDOCS=README.rst UPGRADE.rst CHANGES.md
+DOCS=README.rst UPGRADE.rst CHANGES.md docs/postgres.md
+PORTDOCS=${DOCS:T}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		LDAP PGSQL SQLITE URLPREVIEW DOCS
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SQLITE DOCS
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SQLITE PGSQL DOCS
 
 URLPREVIEW_DESC=	Add dependencies necessary for URL previews
 
@@ -94,6 +95,6 @@
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S|^|${WRKSRC}/|} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${DOCS:S|^|${WRKSRC}/|} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff -Naur py-matrix-synapse.orig/distinfo py-matrix-synapse/distinfo
--- py-matrix-synapse.orig/distinfo	2019-11-28 17:05:12.000000000 +0000
+++ py-matrix-synapse/distinfo	2019-12-18 11:13:35.065081000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1574944951
-SHA256 (matrix-org-synapse-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 01915d8d259c5c11ab3bbbfebdc0a03f686b344f133b54a3a634b107d9752698
-SIZE (matrix-org-synapse-v1.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6274696
+TIMESTAMP = 1576667615
+SHA256 (matrix-org-synapse-v1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 5ea1d5b517ea2e68c46da68d4d2ad78f514702800c9cdcc557f5040b860775d4
+SIZE (matrix-org-synapse-v1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6300994
diff -Naur py-matrix-synapse.orig/files/pkg-message.in py-matrix-synapse/files/pkg-message.in
--- py-matrix-synapse.orig/files/pkg-message.in	2019-08-14 08:48:50.000000000 +0000
+++ py-matrix-synapse/files/pkg-message.in	2019-12-13 13:34:54.450808000 +0000
@@ -27,4 +27,16 @@
 instructions at %%DOCSDIR%%/UPGRADE.rst
 EOM
 }
+{
+  message: <<EOM
+Running synapse with the sqlite backend is only recommended for testing purposes.
+Future versions of synapse will disable federation by default if sqlite is used.
+EOM
+}
+{ type: upgrade
+  message: <<EOM
+If you're currently using synapse with sqlite and would like to switch to postgres,
+please read the instructions at %%DOCSDIR%%/postgres.md
+EOM
+}
 ]