To my understanding, one package set is built from the head of ports; that's been the default till now. Every quarter they create a new branch from the head, g

To my understanding, one package set is built from the head of ports; that's been the default till now. Every quarter they create a new branch from the head, give it a little time (weeks?) to shake out the bugs, and build the quarterly package set from that; this will be the new default. I've been using the quarterly package set for some time now to avoid the occasional breakage I saw on the latest package set. Having three-month-old software is a totally worthwhile trade off for me. There's no reason I know of that you couldn't switch back to the latest package set and keep building your ports from the head of the tree.