CfV: JDK 7 Updates Project Dissolution and Archival

[daniel.daugherty at oracle.com]

Vote: yes

Dan


On 4/3/23 2:28 PM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hereby propose the dissolution and archival of the JDK 7 Updates 
> Project.
>
> Rationale: This Project hasn't had a Project Lead for more than six 
> months [3], and no mailing list traffic in that time, either [4]. It 
> hasn't seen a single commit go into its repository for more than 7 
> months. [5]
>
> Given that there has not been any interest in the OpenJDK Community in 
> this Project for several months, 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 7 Updates Project to the "dissolved" state.
>
> As the first Project Lead for JDK 7 Updates, it was a pleasure to have 
> been involved in its creation, learning the lessons from the JDK 6 
> Project, and working together with many of you to come up with 
> effective ways to collaborate on the maintenance of JDK update 
> releases within the OpenJDK Community.
>
> In a sort of historical symmetry, it's now my responsibility, more 
> than a decade later, to initiate the steps for its archival.
>
> 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 7 Updates Project. At that point its mailing list and repository 
> will be closed for further contributions.
>
> Votes are due by 19:00 UTC on April 17th, 2023.[7]
>
> Only current JDK 7 Updates 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/jdk7u-dev/2022-September/011231.html
> [4] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/
> [5] https://github.com/openjdk/jdk7u/commits/master
> [6] https://openjdk.org/bylaws#_6
> [7] 
> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2023&month=4&day=17&hour=19&min=0&sec=0&p1=1440&p2=307&p3=224