Vote: yes /Christoph
> -----Original Message----- > From: build-dev <build-dev-r...@openjdk.org> On Behalf Of > tim.b...@oracle.com > Sent: Freitag, 17. Januar 2025 23:10 > To: build-dev@openjdk.org > Subject: CFV: Dissolve The JDK 7 and JDK 8 Projects > > 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
