Questions about ports

[Lowell Gilbert]

Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz at wanadoo.es> writes:

> It is strange that nobody has answered my question. I have been
> investigating further. Do you think I should download packages (not
> ports) from 5-stable instead from 5.3 release?
> 
> I mean, are 5-stable packages closer to an up to date ports collection?

Of course.  5.3 release will not change.

There is also some risk that -STABLE ports won't work on your -RELEASE
system, but as long as you have the base system of the most recent
stable release, it should be fine.