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> From: Ricardo Signes [mailto:perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org] > * "Konovalov, Vadim" <Vadim.Konovalov@emc.com> [2014-02-19T04:41:31] > > Although the person haven't shared files yet, I would ask for the > > EBCDIC basement to be there for another year or a half+, > > I said "pull the plug early in 5.21," so that gets us until, say, June. Ok, but it would be more politely to ask Karl also, as these were his efforts that are discussed now. > > > I will put my own efforts there too - I have 2 spare weeks on March, > > so I will look closer into z/OS problem at all. > > Do you actually have a machine that you can turn into a smoker for regular > reports of the build status, and on which you or some other porter will be > able to address problems? Actually there exists free emulator (Hercules) that is fully capable to run z/OS. z/OS is not freely available, but previous OS version *is*, so getting z/OS-compatible configuration is possible for free. So - the answer is - yes. > > The EBCDIC problem is not getting it to build once, but being able to smoke > and repair it regularly. Ok, yes, this is what I think is doable, but - indeed - this needs some investigations to say for sure. Stay tuned :) I will provide more information on the matter, ... Regards, Vadim.Thread Previous | Thread Next