Hi Gianni,
Cleaning up items from the PAM is something we do not do in patches, only service packs and above - it has been two years since the last round. For 10.4 and 10.3.03, there have been two main criteria applied
1) Does the vendor still offer full support for the platform or database? Although some premium contracts available from the vendors for security updates etc., they are limited.
- Windows 7 ended support ended mainstream support in January 2015 and extended support in January 2020.
- RedHat 6 - Full support in May 2016, Maintenance support 1 in May 2017 and Maintenance Support 2 in November 2020
- Oracle 12c R2 - There is some numbering magic here. Oracle changed their numbering policy mid 12c R2, so instead of releasing a patch named 12.2.0.2, they released it as 18c. Full support 12c R2 ended in November 2020
- MySQL 5.6 - end of life was in February.
2) Does the platform support a C++11 compiler? A number of the products we integrate with to supply Uniface's functionality require us to use C++11 for their latest (and most secure) releases. Another advantage of updating is to allow us to also benefit from the new compilers and features they offer.
Kind regards,
Mike