You can just build the latest tarball from source with `./configure && make && make install` [1]. I did so just now without any issues. (You’ll need to install Xcode and the Developer Tools first if you don’t have them already.)
I remember this being a huge issue with MacPorts. It would never keep up with the damn releases, so if you were working on a beta OS, you were hosed until they caught up.
It is, but it is mostly an issue with not having enough resources for the prebuilt images. They haven’t released a package installer for Sonoma yet, but AIUI the minimal required fixes have been in the MacPorts core for several weeks.
There are likely to be more issues related to Apple's switch to the `prime` linker.
(I’m a port contributor and am on macports-users where this issue has come up twice. There is what I think is excessive concern about the macOS beta NDA preventing the creation of a package installer until after GA when it no longer applies. A bigger problem is the availability of sufficient build hardware as they have a smallish Mac mini multi-booting into 11, 12, and 13.)
I've been using MacPorts on beta releases for the last several years, and it does a pretty decent job. I wouldn't say it's significantly behind the competition.
