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Originally Posted by fvgit
...so to use those packages from the mirrors you'd have to upgrade your system to a current snapshot first.
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For clarity: my advice above included step-by-step instructions to install a -stable package on bsd007's -release system.
You can mix and match -stable and -release packages and systems. This is because -stable and -release packages use identical libraries. By definition, a library bump would not be "stable."
-stable packages are not on the Project mirrors, because the Project does not build them. As noted previously in this thread, M:Tier produces all -stable packages as a service, and Landry Breuil produces Firefox -stable packages, as an add-on to his port maintenance activities.
Separately, -current packages are built from time to time, and stored under "snapshot" package directories and distributed to Project mirrors for the convenience of -current users. They are not built synchronously with OS snapshots, however.