News post for MacPorts 2.8.1 release

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+title: MacPorts 2.8.1 now available
+slug: macports-281-now-available
+date: 2023-01-31 02:16:00
+---
+
+The MacPorts Project is pleased to announce the release of version
+2.8.1. This is a bugfix release with small changes only. See the
+[ChangeLog][1] for the list of changes.
+
+If you already have MacPorts installed, the preferred method for
+updating is to run:
+
+    sudo port selfupdate
+
+For new installs, [package installers][2] are available for the most current
+macOS 13 Ventura and all older releases back to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. The
+source is also available as tarballs compressed with gzip or bzip2, or from the
+[git tag][3].
+
+Detached PGP signatures for the disk images, package installers and
+source tarballs have been made by [Joshua Root][4], and the git tag has
+been signed with the same key. The public key is available on the
+keyservers and the MacPorts wiki, the fingerprint being:
+
+0x01FF673FB4AAE6CD: C403 7936 5723 6DCF 2E58  0C02 01FF 673F B4AA E6CD
+
+The MacPorts Port Managers
+
+[1]: <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/release-2.8/ChangeLog>
+[2]: <https://www.macports.org/install.php>
+[3]: <https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/tag/v2.8.1>
+[4]: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/jmr>