CfV: JDK 7 Updates Project Dissolution and Archival

[Andrew Dinn]

Vote: yes

On 03/04/2023 19:28, 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

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regards,


Andrew Dinn
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