First, I'd like to thank those who provided useful responces to my

query (which started this thread), both on- and off-list.  I had missed

the announcement (http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=119347390302171&w=1)

that -stable ports & packages are no longer maintained.
Because -stable ports/packages updates no longer exist,

it seems to me that section 15.2.8 of the FAQ

(http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PkgSecurity) is now incorrect.

It currently reads:

quoted text
> When serious bugs or security flaws are discovered in third party

> software, they are fixed in the -stable branch of the ports tree,

> and a selection of updated binary packages is made available.

>

> Please refer to the stable packages page to find out about updated

> packages and important updates to the -stable branch.

The obvious "fix" is to simply delete these two paragraphs from

section 15.2.8 of the FAQ.  Comments?
ciao,
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   School of Mathematics, U of Southampton, England

   "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the

    powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

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