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    z/OS Python Virtual Environment

    When you create a virtual environment in Python it copies the specific python version libraries and add couple of links to the runtime in order to work and segregate the packages and files to avoid changing the runtime files, keeping a clean envir...
    7 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Not under consideration

    Python to support further encoding: tags beside 1047 and ISO8859-1

    Currently, IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python seems to only support encoding 1047 and ISO8859-1. If we've coded: # encoding: cp1141 neither output nor error messages are shown for e.g. printed output. A simple print("Hello World") would be enough ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 5 Not under 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 ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

    I am looking for python39.3.13 latest package of python on IBMI , preferably Yum Package for Downloading and upgrading Python Package

    This is needed by the business users
    5 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Not under consideration

    Ability to launch Python from batch like JZOS

    We would like the ability to launch Python from batch like the way JZOS can launch Java from batch.
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

    Python byte code only interpreter

    The least privilege security and privacy control restricts compiles to the sandbox/development environments only. Unfortunately, the PYTHON interpreter, in addition to executing byte code, also executes source code (it has built in automatic just ...
    7 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

    ibm_db to be shipped with supported driver

    IBM should ship the the ibm_db driver with their Python for z/OS. Underway is a DBA modernization initiative where we are bringing in modern tooling and languages such as Python for z/OS and in particular the ibm_db library for communicating with ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Not under consideration

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