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IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python

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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.
4 days ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Submitted

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...
11 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 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...
about 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Future consideration

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

Make output of sysconfig.get_platform() more generic

"sysconfig.get_platform()" returns "os390-29.00-3931", which is problematic for distributing Python packages (.whl) as it means if a system is a on slightly different machine or older z/OS version it will be unable to install on that system and wi...
3 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 0 Planned for future release

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

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...
about 1 year ago in IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 2 Future 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