News post for 2.9.0 release

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+title: MacPorts 2.9.0 now available
+slug: macports-290-now-available
+date: 2024-01-24 11:58:20
+---
+
+The MacPorts Project is happy to announce that the 2.9.0 version has now
+been released. It is available via the usual methods:
+
+- selfupdate if you already have MacPorts installed
+- [package installers][1] for macOS 14 Sonoma and all older releases back
+  to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (universal arm64/x86\_64 for macOS 11+,
+  i386/x86\_64 for 10.6, i386/ppc for 10.5 and 10.4, and the rest x86\_64)
+- source tarballs, both [.tar.bz2][2] and [.tar.gz][3]
+- [git tag][4]
+
+The list of what's new in 2.9.0 can be found in the [ChangeLog][5].
+
+A big thanks to the developers for their hard work with all of the
+various features and bug fixes in 2.9.0, and to all those who helped out
+by reporting bugs or testing.
+
+Detached PGP signatures for the pkg/dmgs and source tarballs have been
+made by Joshua Root, whose public key is available on the keyservers and the
+[MacPorts wiki][6].
+
+Key ID: 0x01FF673FB4AAE6CD  
+Fingerprint: C403 7936 5723 6DCF 2E58  0C02 01FF 673F B4AA E6CD
+
+The MacPorts Port Managers
+
+[1]: <https://www.macports.org/install.php>
+[2]: <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/download/v2.9.0/MacPorts-2.9.0.tar.bz2>
+[3]: <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/download/v2.9.0/MacPorts-2.9.0.tar.gz>
+[4]: <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/tag/v2.9.0>
+[5]: <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/v2.9.0/ChangeLog>
+[6]: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/jmr>