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Dependency Based Build

In zBuilder, allow language task steps to opt-in to execution even when a prior step exceeds maxRC

In the current DBB zBuilder framework, when any step in a language task returns a return code (RC) greater than the configured maxRC, the remaining steps in that language task are not executed. This default behavior is desirable in most cases, but...
about 2 months ago in Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Support parallel builds of sources with the same fileBuildRank

The language task sequentially builds al the sources by iterating over the files in SOURCE_LIST. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=index-task-language Actions Creates a language build list from the SOURCE_LIST by using the sources:...
7 months ago in Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Add include option to the package task

The https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=index-task-package has an option to exclude certain deployable items. Adding an include option would make it possible to create separate packages for certain deployable items, for example to ke...
25 days ago in Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Make custom CLI arguments available to the build context

Today, the zBuilder framework accepts command line options to configure the various lifecycles. However, the variables defined and passed in via the CLI are not automatically available to the language task configuration. Idea is to enable the fram...
3 months ago in Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Add option to customize the buildreport.html to include custom records

DBB allows the addition of custom records with AnyTypeRecords and PropertiesRecord https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=apis-build-report#user-defined-record-types but even though the information from these records is added to the bui...
3 months ago in Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Turn migrateDatasets.sh into a primary dbb command and API

Today a shell script and a corresponding groovy script is provided to facilitate the migration of dataset members to unix system services. This could be turned into a primary dbb command like a "dbb migrate", and a dedicated JAVA API interface to ...
about 2 months ago in Dependency Based Build Future consideration

Enhancements for validating DBB toolkit setup/configuration

Please consult the thread at https://github.com/IBM/dbb-zappbuild/discussions/466 I am often asked to validate things with regards to DBB/zAppBuild. Many of these tasks I manually do, though I have a few scripts of my own that do some of it. I rea...
over 2 years ago in Dependency Based Build Future consideration

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