release: bump version to 0.2.9

ober

7577b545b0be4283d9d6daf0cdac14ecee68fb8d

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a45be46..1866a36 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.8
+0.2.9