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[Stefan Winter <stefan.winter AT restena.lu>]

Hi,

> 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.

Good point. We need to work on our advertising :-)

Ihave just implemented this for 1.1.2. The support matrix is then on the
"About eduroam CAT" overlay page.

I'm also thinking of "$NUMBER installers served" or "Making $NUMBER
institutions world-wide happy" or similar on the front page. Not sure if
that's maybe overdoing it a bit :-)

Stefan

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> On 2015-08-19, 7:46 AM, "Stefan Winter" 
> <stefan.winter AT restena.lu>
>  wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> 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
>> Ingenieur de Recherche
>> Fondation RESTENA - Réseau Téléinformatique de l'Education Nationale et
>> de la Recherche
>> 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
>> L-1359 Luxembourg
>>
>> Tel: +352 424409 1
>> Fax: +352 422473
>>
>> PGP key updated to 4096 Bit RSA - I will encrypt all mails if the
>> recipient's key is known to me
>>
>> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC0DE6A358A39DC66
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-- 
Stefan WINTER
Ingenieur de Recherche
Fondation RESTENA - Réseau Téléinformatique de l'Education Nationale et
de la Recherche
2, avenue de l'Université
L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette

Tel: +352 424409 1
Fax: +352 422473

PGP key updated to 4096 Bit RSA - I will encrypt all mails if the
recipient's key is known to me

http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC0DE6A358A39DC66

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