Advantages/Disadvantages of 'rolling release' Linux distros

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Question to those of you 'in the know', what are the advantages and disadvantages of Linux distros that use 'rolling release' versus other methods of updates.

Many distros do not use 'rolling release' and I'm sure they have clear reasons for this choice. Please explain this issue, any insights would be appreciated.

Thanks.

The advantages of rolling releases are that new features are added much quicker and that bugs are fixed more quickly. It took forever before Linux Mint employed the new kernel fixes that stopped the infamous freeze-on-wakeup problem, but it was ready after a few days with Arch Linux.