CFV: Withdraw sponsorship of Device I/O, Kona, Penrose, and Verona projects

[Stuart Marks]

Vote: yes

(To be clear, this is a Yes vote for withdrawing sponsorship for all four of the 
listed projects.)

s'marks

On 11/20/25 10:37 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>
> I hereby propose that the Core Libraries group withdraw sponsorship of the Device 
> I/O [1], Kona [2], Penrose [3], and Verona [4] projects. These projects have been 
> inactive for a long time:
>
> - Device I/O has been inactive since 2018.
> - Project Kona had some activity in 2015 but nothing since.
> - Project Penrose had some activity in 2012 but nothing since.
> - Project Verona defined the version-string scheme that integrated into main line 
> in 2015 for JDK 9 (JEP 223), its work is complete.
>
> These projects have only one group sponsor. A consequence of withdrawing 
> sponsorship is that these projects will be dissolved [5]. Votes are due by 
> December 5, 2025, 23.59 UTC. Only current Core Libraries group members [6] 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 [7].
> -Alan
> [1] https://openjdk.org/projects/dio
> [2] https://openjdk.org/projects/kona
> [3] https://openjdk.org/projects/penrose
> [4] https://openjdk.org/projects/verona
> [5] https://openjdk.org/bylaws#sponsor
> [6] https://openjdk.org/census#core-libs
> [7] https://openjdk.org/bylaws#lazy-consensus
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