Whoops! Fixed it now - let me know there are further issues. Thank you,
John Mertic Director of Program Management - Linux Foundation - ODPi, R Consortium, and Open Mainframe Project [email protected] +1 234-738-4571 <javascript:void(0);> Schedule time with me at https://calendly.com/jmertic On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 10:01 PM Peter Linnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello John, > > I tried to sign up to that link, but it is a Google form, which would > not allow me access. I tried with my plinnell at gmail account > > Can you look into this ? > > Thanks in advance! > Peter > > On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:04:31 -0400 > John Mertic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Peter! > > > > When you are ready as a project to move forward, you can apply for the > > sponsored projects program at > > https://www.openmainframeproject.org/sponsored-projects/apply. > > > > Thank you, > > > > John Mertic > > Director of Program Management - Linux Foundation - ODPi, R > > Consortium, and Open Mainframe Project > > [email protected] > > +1 234-738-4571 > > Schedule time with me at https://calendly.com/jmertic > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 12:08 AM Peter Linnell <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 09:38:54 -0400 > > > John Mertic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Not sure if s390x is a supported arch, but if so I can get access > > > > to that hardware for the project on an ongoing basis. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > John Mertic > > > > Director of Program Management - Linux Foundation - ODPi, R > > > > Consortium, and Open Mainframe Project > > > > [email protected] > > > > +1 234-738-4571 > > > > Schedule time with me at https://calendly.com/jmertic > > > <snip> > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > Sorry for the delay in answering. > > > > > > We've not yet defined S390x as a supported arch, but we've not had > > > builders available, so your offer is timely. > > > > > > I know Hadoop 2.+ will work on S390x, as IBM committed a bunch of > > > fixes to allow it to compile and run, and > > > http://www.veristorm.com/zdoop is a commercial offering. > > > > > > What we would need is a way to add S390x to our CI and eventually be > > > able to offer convenience artifacts to our releases. > > > > > > Speaking for myself, when I landed at SUSE, one of my first pet > > > projects was to see if Bigtop could run on SLES for SystemZ. At the > > > time, Hadoop was on 1.x, which relied on Sun Java specific > > > security classes, hence only the Sun JVM would suffice. This > > > barrier has been overcome. > > > > > > So, my first take is a: a huge thanks for the offer and we will > > > explore this to the fullest extent possible to make this as > > > supported platform. b: Let us know what we need to enable on our > > > side to make this happen. c: I'd love to know any objections from > > > our PMC and committers, which I think/hope would be minimal. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Peter Linnell > > > > > > > >
