CfV: JDK 6 Project Dissolution and Archival

[Joseph D. Darcy]

Vote: yes

Requiescat in pace

-Joe

On 2/2/2023 4:28 PM, 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