On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:45 PM, enclair <wifiencl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > the FAQ says: > > "When serious bugs or security flaws are discovered in third party software, > they are fixed in the *-stable* branch of the ports tree. Remember that the > lifecycle is 1 release: only the current and last release are updated" > > Does it mean: > > 1) 4.8-stable and -current have security updates for packages. > > or > > 2) 4.7-stable and 4.8-stable have security updates for packages.
Commits happen first in -current, then sometimes to 4.7-stable and 4.8-stable branches of the portstree. You need to build packages yourself though. Landry