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Zowe Testing - Multiple z/OS versions #144

Closed MarkAckert closed 4 years ago

MarkAckert commented 5 years ago

How should the community go about testing or validating Zowe on different z/OS versions, or zNext?

armstro commented 5 years ago

My opinion: Since both the specifics of new z/OS releases and new Z hardware is not public information until day of announce - I think it is up to the contributing Zowe open community members to test under whatever NDA agreements they have with IBM and then on day of announce, disclose what testing they have done. While individuals may not have agreements in place for early access to unannounced z/OS releases or new Z hardware, software vendors typically have access through IBM ISV support programs.

It would be interesting to know how Linux Foundation handles similar situations - I assume there are open project that gain access to unannounced hardware other than Z and must have some legal process to follow? Once we have a vendor neutral build/test environment, I assume Zowe team (with proper legal agreements in place) could participate in early z/OS software and hardware programs like any other organization.

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MarkAckert commented 4 years ago

We now have multiple versions of z/OS to test against. For future z/OS versions, it continues to be the community's responsibility to coordinate with our z/OS systems providers to build out the proper images.