2016-11-15 1:06 GMT+01:00 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbys...@in.waw.pl>: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 10:52:15PM +0100, Andreas Tunek wrote: >> AFAIK, you have been able to install Fedora on Intel Macs since 2008 >> (that was when I first tried). To not be able to install Fedora on >> (Intel) Macs is a regression. >> >> > Also, there is a large difference between shipping a release that >> > works on a majority of hardware with the goal of fixing it where it >> > doesn't after, and "stop supporting certain hardware". >> > >> >> How do you fix it if you can't install the release? Do you make a new >> release with all the testing again (to make sure you do not have other >> regression bugs)? >> >> > Lastly, support is a very loaded word, particularly in the context of >> > a community driven project. We actually do not have an x86 equivalent >> > of the ARM supported-boards list, so it's completely random as to what >> > laptops and desktops are tested and prioritized. That might be >> > something to focus on going forward. >> >> It has been in the release critera that you should be able to install >> on macs and it has worked for a very long time. If you are going to >> remove that support you should really let people know in advance (not >> a week before release). > > You seem to confuse something being in the release criteria, and > something being possible. But that's secondary. If you would like this > scenario to be supported, then commit to testing it before the next > release (in advance, at least a week before the beta freeze). >
If something is in the release criteria I expect the feature to be present in the release. If the feature in question has worked for ~20 Fedora releases it is not my first priority to test, unless there is specific communication otherwise, like specific "Mac install testing days" (which to my knowledge there hasn't been). /Andreas > Zbyszek > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
