I propose that the Build Group withdraw Sponsorship of the long-inactive JDK 7 [0] and JDK 8 [1] Projects.
JDK 7 was delivered in July 2011 and the jdk7-dev mailing list [2] hasn't been active since August 2013. The JDK 7 Updates Project, with a goal of delivering updates to JDK 7, was itself dissolved March 2023. JDK 8 was delivered in March 2014 and the jdk8-dev mailing list [3] hasn't been active since September 2017. JDK 8 update releases are regularly delivered by the JDK 8 Update Project [4] with communication on the associated jdk8u-dev mailing list [5]. The JDK 7 and JDK 8 Projects have only one Sponsoring Group; hence they will be dissolved by virtue of losing all of their Sponsoring Groups [6] if this measure is approved. Votes are due by 23:59 UTC on Monday, 3 February 2025 Only current Build Group Members [7] are eligible to vote on this motion. Votes must be cast in the open by replying to this mailing list. For Lazy Consensus voting instructions, see [8]. Tim Bell Build group Lead [0]: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk7/ [1]: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk8/ [2]: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk7-dev/ [3]: https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk8-dev/ [4]: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk8u/ [5]: https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/jdk8u-dev [6]: https://openjdk.org/bylaws#sponsor [7]: https://openjdk.org/census#build [8]: https://openjdk.org/bylaws#lazy-consensus
