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[Chris Phillips <Chris.Phillips AT canarie.ca>]

Hi Stefan,

Is there a current eduroamCAT host support matrix that we can look at
rather than just iOS?
I tried to find one, not too successfully though ..other than what shows
up in a given profile that is.


C



On 2015-08-19, 7:46 AM, "Stefan Winter" 
<stefan.winter AT restena.lu>
 wrote:

>Hello,
>
>some of you may recall the user question on this list about an iPad (1st
>gen) with iOS 5. The user had problems with the profile download since
>version 1.1 was released.
>
>In short term, a note for completeness' sake: I mailed the user with a
>modified profile which did not contain the iOS 6 specific content. I
>then asked him numerous times whether the installation now worked. He
>did send replies, both times without telling me what the outcome was. At
>that point I considered the case unsupportable and got back to doing
>more interesting things.
>
>This means we don't know for sure if the XML snippet that is only
>recognised on iOS 6+ was responsible for the breakage; or if maybe the
>user just had a unique problem on this very device we couldn't figure out.
>
>In the longer term though, this raises the question about how far back
>in history do still care about obsolete products.
>
>For example, Windows XP had an official end of support date; we
>discontinued our own support several months after that date.
>
>In general, I believe that following vendors' obsolesence / end of life
>announcements is a reasonable strategy.
>
>I have just found the following Apple statement on the web:
>
>https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201624
>
>which looks like a stable point of reference with regular updates. It
>indicates that right now, all iPhones below 4 are considered
>vintage/obsolete by Apple. I'm inclined not to investigate problem
>reports about such old Apple devices (read: products declared either
>vintage or obsolete) in the future.
>
>I'm also inclined to reply to people with problems on supported hardware
>that they should first ensure to have the latest iOS release.
>
>There is no iPad on that list yet; the iPad (1st gen) went on sale 2010
>and was discontinued in March 02, 2011 with its successor. So my
>guesstimate is that it has another half year of life before it becomes
>vintage.
>
>So, if more problem reports with iOS 5 come in, I will again try to get
>a hold of the user in question and debug problems with them. But I will
>also be happy when Apple updates their product EoL page above and
>relieves me of that duty. :-) It looks like this won't be before 2018
>though:
>
>The current low watermark of iOS versions for the various types of iOS
>devices which are not yet vintage/obsolete is:
>
>iPhone: iPhone 4 - iOS 7.1.2 (*)
>
>iPod touch: 3rd gen - iOS 5.1.1 (until approx. mid 2018), then 4th gen
>and iOS 6.1.6
>
>iPad: 1st gen - iOS 5.1.1 (until approx. Mar 2016), then iPad 2 and iOS
>8.4.1
>
>Please reply to this message on 
>cat-users AT geant.net
> if you think that
>this policy is too harsh - or too generous :-)
>
>Greetings,
>
>Stefan Winter
>
>(*) If you're really into Apple timelines, you'll notice that Apple is
>inconsistent here: the iPhone 3G(S) was sold until Fall 2012, which
>means it should not become vintage before Fall 2017. But for some magic
>reason, it already is vintage right now. Or I'm lost in their
>definitions of vintage/obsolete/discontinued/not manufactured/
>
>-- 
>Stefan WINTER
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>
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>
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>
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