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

[Per-Ake Minborg]

Vote: yes

- Per

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From: core-libs-dev <core-libs-dev-retn at openjdk.org> on behalf of Alan Bateman <alan.bateman at oracle.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2025 7:37 AM
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Subject: CFV: Withdraw sponsorship of Device I/O, Kona, Penrose, and Verona projects


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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