Slackware-current is not simply a repository where every new upstream release gets pushed automatically.
There is curation and integration before changes land, with Patrick Volkerding playing a central role in that process.
I run -current on 3 physical machines + a VirtualBox VM I use professionally every day. It has been remarkably reliable.
Interesting discussion on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1w96px4/slackware_16_alpha_1_available_following_gcc_162/
#slackware
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