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Old 15th May 2010
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Is the opposite also officially supported by the project?
Once the -release branch is tagged, no changes are further made to this branch. To anticipate what changes might be forthcoming to -stable packages/ports is impossible to make, so to make a blanket pronouncement stating that -stable packages/ports can run as expected on -release is likely never to be made.

Note that -release + all released patches is very closely equivalent to -stable. Traditionally, there are no library changes made from -release to -stable. Most likely, -stable packages/ports will work on a fully patched -release system, but this is conjecture on my part, & I highly doubt that anything will ever be said officially to remove the existing ambiguity.

The project wants to focus on new development in -current. This is why -stable tends to be short shrifted.
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...are there also -stable packages available for the i386 architecture?
No evidence is seen on the ftp sites at this time.
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