Hi Luke, One small clarification with regards to 2 most recent releases - Once v3.1 is released, there won't be any support for 2.x.x unless special case like 2.6.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread/rj82rxch4tz19tjxj70v4o9kb7hsnrhb and teams should plan for major upgrade from 2.x.x to 3.x.x for next calendar year. Is that correct?
Thanks and Regards Piyush Mittal On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 1:41 PM Luke Chen <show...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
