CFV: Dissolve The JDK 7 and JDK 8 Projects

[tim.bell at oracle.com]

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