CfV: JDK 7 Updates Project Dissolution and Archival

[Erik Trimble]

Vote: yes.

Sadly. :(

Erik

On Mon, Apr 3, 2023, 9:16 PM David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:

> Vote: yes
>
> David
>
> On 4/04/2023 4:28 am, 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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