So I guess my question should be refined to: When might the Sonoma installer 
become available?

> On Sep 26, 2023, at 4:42 PM, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 26 Sep 2023, at 9:38 pm, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> But at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration, step 2 if the migration 
>> procedure is "Reinstall MacPorts base system. To reinstall, simply install 
>> the base MacPorts system for your new platform." But the link on the latter 
>> is to https://www.macports.org/install.php, and at that page the newest 
>> macOS version shown is Ventura.
>> 
>> Hence my question.
>> 
>> I certainly do not want to rebuild MacPorts from source.
> 
> That page lists numerous options for installing macports, which includes 
> building from source and which is an entirely valid option. If you choose not 
> to follow that route that is indeed a choice you are free totake, but then 
> you will have to wait until the installer is made available. I was simply 
> pointing out waiting for that installer is not a requirement, if you just 
> follow the install from source instructions instead, which frankly are not at 
> all hard to follow.
> 
> Chris
> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 26, 2023, at 4:33 PM, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> The installers are just there for convenience, they are not a necessity for 
>>> using MacPorts on any given OS, as you can also just follow the install 
>>> from source instructions to install and use macports on any OS. These work, 
>>> for the most part, on any OS release, including the early beta versions. I 
>>> for one always using the route installing form git as I prefer to follow 
>>> base  development more closely.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>>> On 26 Sep 2023, at 9:24 pm, Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> What is the status of MacPorts support for the just-released macOS Sonoma 
>>>> (14.0)?
>>>> 
>>>> The  latest MacPorts installer listed at 
>>>> https://www.macports.org/install.php is for Ventura (13.x).
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>> 
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>> 
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