Mainframe Software Hub for Linux

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Name of the project: Mainframe Software Hub for Linux

Project description:

The project will provide open source packages not available in distribution repositories or community-provided packages for easy consumption

• It caters to Linux on Z customers' strong desire to experiment with new open source technologies that haven't yet reached several supported Linux distributions and CI of open source communities
• The project builds, packages, and provides open source packages in their native form, including binary, RPM, DEB, or container images
• Historically, since 2015, build instructions and scripts are provided to users on GitHub which are useful but sometimes hard to consume – this project aims to complement that by providing binary artifacts
• Existing comprehensive build instructions and scripts are available on GitHub: https://github.com/linux-on-ibm-z/docs/wiki
• The status of most packages is displayed on the IBM community page: https://community.ibm.com/zsystems/oss/

Statement on alignment with Open Mainframe Project Mission and Vision statements:

• Since all the projects are open source, the project fits well within the Open Mainframe vision to make sure there's a simplified procedure for users to access a rich set of open source binaries on Linux on Z

Are there similar/related projects out there? If so, what is different about this project?

• Not to our knowledge, though there have been some companies who have released open source binaries as part of their offering.

Sponsor from TAC: Joe Bostian

Proposed Project Stage: Incubation

License and contribution guidelines: Most of the Build Instructions and Scripts are Apache License, Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)

Source control: GitHub

External dependencies (including licenses): None

Initial committers (coming soon, list will be in follow-up comment)

Infrastructure requests (CI / build infrastructure): Infrastructure to build and host generated artifacts

Communication channels

• GitHub issues
• Mailing list

Issue tracker: GitHub

Website: We only require a distribution mechanism for the binaries, which may have a centralized location on some kind of website.

Release methodology and mechanics: Based on community currency release cycle

Social media accounts: None planned

Community size and any existing sponsorship: At least 30 active contributors: IBM, Persistent Systems Limited (note: PSL involvement is managed by IBM)