Bug fix releases are done "on demand" and there is no strict policy to
not do a bug fix release for older versions.
However, in practice bug fix release for older versions don't happen
very often. The release plan wiki page gives a good overview about
release in the past:
Hi All,
I'm trying to understand Kafka EOL policy. As stated in
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Time+Based+Release+Plan
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*What Is Our EOL Policy?Given 3 releases a year and the fact that no one
upgrades three times a year, we propose making sure (by testing!) that
