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can anyone tell me the difference between "stable" and "release"?

i've read all the docs, but they only describe stable and current.

current - i definitly don't want.
release - seems to have some things that still need some work.
stable  - doesn't have the packages i want (can i use 2.2 packages
	  by changing using the 2.2 package INDEX file?)

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