Is it just me or the provisioning profiles created on the developer portal expire every 2 months? Why is that insanity?
Is there any way to create a provisioning profile that will last for the entire period of the annual subscription?
I have contacted Apple but they simply did not answer. Is Apple insane?
any thoughts?
Apple is definitely insane, i.e. they don't focus on their developers like they should.
They have a very long history of not supporting those who support them.
Provisioning Profiles have shorter lifetimes now, yes.
I don't think Apple is insane, they probably have a good reason for it. Does it jive with what you want out of life? It appears not, but I would think that they have a legitimate reason for wanting to change the limitations and it is not because of a lack of sanity. Besides, Apple would have to be collectively nuts and I don't think that that is the case or even really possible.
It barely takes a moment to renew an expired one, and then each developer on your team has to update as well - and that also barely takes a moment.
Most iPhone app dev cycles probably hover around the 2 month range anyway so this shouldn't be a big deal to most.
So like the guy in that PS3 commercial - gonna file this one under not an issue.