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    Add cmake to Open Enterprise Foundation

    Cmake is much easier to use than make and many would appreciate its inclusion. It can be hard to get zOpen into an enterprise environment, so it would be nice to be able to get cmake through OEF, then we can use it together with the XLC 2.1 compiler.
    5 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    Replace legacy POSIX tools with their modern open-source equivalents

    On behalf of the zopen community... to improve usability, script portability, and developer experience on z/OS UNIX System Services, it's recommended to replace legacy POSIX tools with their modern open-source equivalents. Many default z/OS UNIX u...
    7 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Add a 'current' symlink to the Open Enterprise Foundation directory

    We want to add the PATH statement in our main profile dataset without the use of a version in the path. We are thinking about a solution like java is implemented. We can use a /current symlink to point to the newest version of OEF for z/OS. This w...
    9 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Include additional open-source tools for System Administration/Automation, CI/CD Pipelines and Development.

    Enhance development ease of use, expand system administration/automation capabilities and continue to transfer Linux skills to the z/OS platform. A suggestion for the next set of tools to add: System Admin: sudo, gpg, openssl CI/CD: groovy/gradle,...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 5 Future consideration

    Add OpenSSL port for z/OS to Open Enterprise Foundation

    We used to have through the IBM ported tools which are no longer available. Afterwards it was included in the IDz product, the FMID included a target path with Rocket tools. But since some PTFs ago OpenSSL is no longer included. Currently there is...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 3 Future consideration

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