On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 13:31 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
On 06/28/2013 01:24 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 13:19 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Adam Williamson
>> <awilliam(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>>> There is another 'workaround' you haven't considered: we can
>>> simply build an updates.img that fixes the issue (or works
>>> around it, by ditching the commit from 19.13.10 that apparently
>>> broke this case), and link to that from the common bugs page
>>> and the bug itself.
>>
>> I asked Matthew and Brian about that earlier. It can be done,
>> but most Macs don't have working wireless until after install
>> because b43 and sucky firmware. So any updates.img would likely
>> need to be stuck on a USB key. Something to keep in mind if it
>> gets written up for common bugs.
>
> Yee, I just _love_ me some Macs. Thanks; I'll take that into
> account for commonbugs. When did Macs stop having ethernet ports?
When the MacBook Air became the flagship Mac.
It was a genuine question, not a rhetorical 'OMG how can they not have
ethernet?!?' one - I was hoping for some specifics. It'll affect the
tone of the common bugs entry.
I think most MacBook Pro and all desktop models still have one,
though.
I figured desktops, but wasn't sure about MBPs. Thanks.
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