push apps failing in Android until you disable IPv6

[Antonio Querubin]

On Mon, 9 May 2016, Jeroen Massar wrote:

> From: Jeroen Massar <jeroen at massar.ch>
> 
> On 2016-05-09 19:28, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Tore Anderson <tore at fud.no
>> <mailto:tore at fud.no>> wrote:
>>
>>     Even a ULA PIO could be problematic if Android's source
>>     address selection algorithm isn't updated to RFC6724 defaults. RFC3484
>>     predates ULAs, so it treats them the same as other globally scoped
>>     addresses.
>>
>>
>> Android's source address selection was updated to RFC 6724 in early 2013
>> [commit
>> <https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/378b0e1ea298ab4b8653e4b95e24d0cc0029414c>].
>> I think that went into 4.3.
>
> And how many devices will thus actually receive such an update? 3%?
>
> Oh, not too much off:
>
> http://www.statista.com/statistics/271774/share-of-android-platforms-on-mobile-devices-with-android-os/

3% would only make sense if updates were not also incorporated into later 
releases.  Those graphs suggest the uptake is significantly higher than 
just 3%.  On the other hand, the pre-4.3 releases still account for a 
not-insignificant share.

Antonio Querubin
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