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

[Viktor Klang]

Vote: yes

On 2025-12-03 06:37, Stuart Marks wrote:
>
> 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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Cheers,
√


Viktor Klang
Software Architect, Java Platform Group
Oracle
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