Personally, I'm just a happy user of Xymon.  So take my statement for what it is.  However, if an OS no longer gets security updates, I make a point of getting it out of my environment. For example, Windows Server older than 2016 and FreeBSD older than 13.5 (the current "Legacy" release, which is the oldest that still gets security updates) have no place in any serious environment, IMNSHO.

If you wanted to offer a 6-12 month grace period, that's being realistic (or generous, depending on your perspective) about people migrating off of old systems.  So maybe FreeBSD 13.0 instead of 13.5?  Support for Debian 12 (EOL in June) but not 11 (EOL in 2024)?

Just my opinion.  I'm not a good enough coder to contribute, but I thought my perspective might be a little bit useful.




Jaime Kikpole

Director of Technology
Ichabod Crane Central School District
(518) 758-7575, x5425


On Sun, Mar 1, 2026, 4:47 PM Nicola <canne74@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I have been thinking about this in a while, and I am now convinced that we should aim at a 4.4.0 release which just drops support for old libraries not available or deprecated in modern OSs/distributions.
We can rename and `sed` the version for the current 4.4 branch, but this will ease many of the efforts which are draining our energies to keep compatibility, and at the same time if we need minor bugfixes in the 4.3 branch, we can add them for dinosaurs which still require old libraries.
What do you think?


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