>> >> If there are security related patches or things needed to be fixed, >> that the package works as it should, you can simple run pkg_add -iu > > You can do this *if* you have a source of updated packages, e.g. via > mtier's openup, or packages that you've built yourself.
Thanks for clarification, my fault. I thought, I readed somewhere in the past, that there is also a new version of the related packages. > >>> databases/mariadb,-main # 10.0.32v1 -> 10.0.33v1 >>> databases/mariadb,-server # 10.0.32v1 -> 10.0.33v1 >>> ... >> >> The question is, do you need the things which are provided from this >> new versions - for security see above. > > Those are security updates. -stable doesn't get "normal" version > updates. In this case yes. The OP wrote in the first post "Now: The thought is that the third-party packages being used by the server should be kept up to date.". I interpreted it like, if there is a new version, if it is not security relevant and, if I don't need the functions which are provided in this update - why update the package. Then the question should be something like, latest stable packages or, latest experimental packages of third-party packages.
