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IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python

Allow installation of multiple Python versions into the same CSI

With IDEA ZOS-I-3993 (Bundle python with | IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal) Python and ZOAU were added as bypassable pre-requisite to z/OS itself. Unfortunately, every new Python versions contain ++DELETE statements in the FMID t...
5 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Under review

Please update bundled packages cffi to 2.1.0 , cryptography to 49.0.0, pycparser to 3.0, 'six' to 1.17

This would allow python on z to work with with packages released this year, which rely on newer versions of cryptography & other packages. For example, certbot 3.1 was the last version that can run on z/OS due to the old cryptography version o...
about 1 month ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Submitted

Include certifi or a CA bundle by default in IBM Python for z/OS

This would allow python to make https requests securely & without requiring users to manually install certifi or otherwise obtain & maintain their own CA bundle.
about 1 month ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Submitted

Create and maintain an IBM-supported fork of PyInstaller with z/OS support, bundled with IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python, to enable standalone executable creation on mainframe systems.

IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python lacks a critical capability available on other platforms: the ability to create standalone executables. PyInstaller currently supports Windows, Linux (x86/x64/ARM), and macOS but lacks support for IBM z/OS mainfr...
6 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Under review

Allow parallel installation of Python FMIDs

Currently, every new Python version ist delivered with ++DELETEs for the older Pyhton FMID. A complete migration of everything is sometimes very difficult, as some packages from IBM Pythin AI Toolkit or pypi may don't work together with the new ve...
over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Future consideration

Python program control

We're writing an C module for Python that uses __passwd service. Unfortunately, it couldn't be used without issue, because the python shared objects and binaries are not delivered with extattr +p (program control). So we've to code our own usermod...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Future consideration

Python module for BCPii

We are close to ending 2024, and writing HTTP requests in ASM, C/C++, REXX is a massive crutch.One can imagine how something that is meant to be a last resort (client web enablement toolkit) has become the norm, out of sheer resistance to introduc...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Future consideration

Include ZOAU as part of base Python

If using Python on zOS it is very likely it will be required to access zOS resources and therefore ZOAU will be required. To reduce the overheads associated with installing and maintaining 2 x products, ZOAU should come as part of the base Python ...
about 4 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Not under consideration

zosload or zoslink function in ctypes module on z/OS

The standard Python ctypes (and/or CFFI) module provides a CDLL function to load an operating system DLL, whose entry points can then be invoked by passing a list of arguments to the nominated entry point: mylib = ctypes.CDLL("library_name")rc = m...
over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Future consideration

Need support for EBCDIC code page IBM-278

Supported codesets - IBM Documentation indicates that IBM-278 is not supported. Customers need support for IBM-278 in IBM ZCodeScan which relies on IBM Python to scan their COBOL source in native EBCDIC IBM-278.
9 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python Functionality already exists