Hi Piyush, > As an example, let's say I am on 2.4.1 right now. If it's receiving security and bug fixes then I don't see any need to upgrade to latest version 3.0 or even 2.8.1 No, I don't think 2.4.1 will have any chance to have further release. You can check this mail thread, to know why there's a 2.6.3 release: https://lists.apache.org/thread/rj82rxch4tz19tjxj70v4o9kb7hsnrhb
Thank you. Luke On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 3:42 PM Piyush Mittal <piyush.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Luke, > > >Kafka only produces releases for the 2 most recent branches. > EOL policy on wiki > < > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Time+Based+Release+Plan#TimeBasedReleasePlan-WhatIsOurEOLPolicy > ?> > says three releases. Can we correct wiki? > > >you'll also find some releases have minor version to 2, ex: 2.6.2 (and > there's going to be 2.6.3 released due to CVE) > If only two versions are supported then 2.6.3 shouldn't be released? Maybe > I misunderstood something here. What I am looking for is whether a given > version is supported (receive security and bug fixes) or not? As an > example, let's say I am on 2.4.1 right now. If it's receiving security and > bug fixes then I don't see any need to upgrade to latest version 3.0 or > even 2.8.1 > > Thanks and Regards > Piyush Mittal > > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:38 PM Luke Chen <show...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Piyush, > > Usually, Kafka only produces releases for the 2 most recent branches. Ex: > > We're going to release V3.1, and some fix will also back port to V3.0 > > branch. > > So, from the download page, you can see most minor version is only up to > 1, > > ex: 2.3.1, 2.5.1... > > But that's not a strict rule, so you'll also find some releases have > minor > > version to 2, ex: 2.6.2 (and there's going to be 2.6.3 released due to > CVE) > > > > If you want to know a minimal supported version, I'd say, 2 versions. > (ex: > > v3.1, v3.0) > > > > Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > Thank you. > > Luke > > > > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 1:44 PM Piyush Mittal <piyush.m...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello Team, > > > > > > > > How can I find whether a given Kafka version is supported/EOL or > not? I > > > > checked Archives available here > > > > <https://lists.apache.org/list.html?users@kafka.apache.org> and > didn't > > > > find anything related to EOL. I found an EOL policy here > > > > < > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Time+Based+Release+Plan#TimeBasedReleasePlan-WhatIsOurEOLPolicy > > > ?> > > > > but it's not very clear. Does last 3 versions include major version? > > > > > > > > It would be great if the team could add EOL metadata with each > version > > > > displayed on the download page. > > > > > > > > Thanks and Regards > > > > Piyush Mittal > > > > > > > > > >
