>ethernet is relatively stable, whereas new wireless protocols and upgrades come out all the time
I can't really agree with this line of thought:
802.11a - 1999 (5GHz)
802.11b - 1999 (2.4GHz)
802.11g - 2003 (2.4GHz)
802.11n - 2009 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)
802.11ac - 2012 (5GHz)
The only new standard on the immediate horizon is 802.11ac, and that's targeted strictly at the 5GHz band. Additionally, all the 2.4GHz stuff is backwards compatible all the way back to the old 802.11b standard.
Things certainly change, but it's more in the range of once every 4-5 years than it is all the time. There are good reasons not to include wifi on-board on the pi, but I don't see that as being one of them.
I can't really agree with this line of thought:
802.11a - 1999 (5GHz)
802.11b - 1999 (2.4GHz)
802.11g - 2003 (2.4GHz)
802.11n - 2009 (2.4GHz + 5GHz)
802.11ac - 2012 (5GHz)
The only new standard on the immediate horizon is 802.11ac, and that's targeted strictly at the 5GHz band. Additionally, all the 2.4GHz stuff is backwards compatible all the way back to the old 802.11b standard.
Things certainly change, but it's more in the range of once every 4-5 years than it is all the time. There are good reasons not to include wifi on-board on the pi, but I don't see that as being one of them.