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IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python

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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 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Future consideration

Provide support for PANDAS

Can support be provided for the PANDAS package please? This is one of the most common and essential packages used within the Python community and is required on the z/OS platform too. Any Site/Product that provides Jupyter Notebooks for python bas...
over 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 1 Future consideration

Python and PL1 integration interface

Provide an interface to call PL1 modules from Python (and possibly vice versa). The interface shall support the passing of parameters and ideally works in both directions (Python calling PL1, PL1 calling Python).
over 3 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3 Future consideration