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Always read /usr/ports/UPDATING after upgrading your ports tree, before upgrading any ports. This usually has what's going to break and instructions about how to manage. It does seem like it's not updated as often these days though.

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Is there an equivalent to Debian's Stable packages?

There are several tiers. Nowadays installing a release version of FreeBSD, packages will get updates quarterly with security updates in between as required. In effect the system is suited for production and very stable by default.

Other tiers include the stable and current branches which track development more closely.

After introduction of pkg (FreeBSD 10.0+), the packages are build weekly.

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