CfV: JDK 6 Project Dissolution and Archival

Dalibor Topic dalibor.topic at oracle.com
Fri Feb 3 00:36:27 UTC 2023


Vote: Yes.

On 03.02.2023 01:28, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hereby propose the dissolution and archival of the JDK 6 Project.
> 
> Rationale: This Project hasn't had a Project Lead for more than two 
> years [3], and no mailing list traffic in that time, either [4]. It 
> hasn't seen a single push go into its forest for more than four years. [5]
> 
> Given that there has not been any remaining interest in the OpenJDK 
> Community in this Project for several years, I believe that it is time 
> to thank all the former Project Leads, Reviewers, Committers, Authors 
> and other Participants for their many contributions over the years and 
> to move the JDK 6 Project to the "dissolved" state.
> 
> With that in mind, and in accordance with the Bylaws [6], I would like 
> to ask this Project's Committers to vote to dissolve and archive the JDK 
> 6 Project. At that point its mailing list and forest will be closed for 
> further contributions.
> 
> Votes are due by 5 PM PST on February 16th, 2023.
> 
> Only current JDK 6 Committers [1] are eligible to vote
> on this nomination.  Votes must be cast in the open by replying
> to this mailing list.
> 
> For Lazy Consensus voting instructions, see [2].
> 
> cheers,
> Dalibor Topic
> 
> [1] https://openjdk.org/census
> [2] https://openjdk.org/projects/#committer-vote
> [3] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2020-September/003711.html
> [4] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk6-dev/
> [5] https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6
> [6] https://openjdk.org/bylaws#_6

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