Hi Ben, I’m definitely interested in joining the Apache Slack instance and would love to contribute to the discussions there. Could you send me the invite or let me know the next steps to get access? Looking forward to hearing more from the others as well. Regards, Sudip Roy
On 2025/12/10 19:23:07 Benjamin Marwell wrote: > Hi Sudip! > > At least I do use Linux on s390x at work, as well as AIX on ppc64 > hardware, but for now, Linux on ppc64(le) is probably as good for now. > However, AIX support would have a great advantage: AIX does not have all > the utilities various *BSD and Linux other unix-like distros (like > MacOS) ship with, so AIX might be an interesting asset in the future to > test for that. > > > Anyway, I would love to see both platforms available for Apache Maven > for these reasons. > I am also on the OpenJ9 slack, and if you are interested, you can also > join the Apache Slack instance as guests if you are interested. But > important decisions must be discussed on the public mailing list. > > > So, here is my +1. What do the others think about this? > > > - Ben > > On 10/12/2025 14:03, Sudip Roy via dev wrote: > > Hello Team, > > We are interested in adding s390x and ppc64le support to Apache Maven > > GitHub Actions. Previously s390x was part of Apache Maven Jenkins CI, but > > was dropped when CI was moved to GitHub Actions as it did not have native > > support for s390x. We now have hosted GHA actions runners available for IBM > > Z and ppc64le and gradually onboarding open source communities to utilize > > it as we work on expanding the capacity. > > I'll be happy to engage with Apache Maven community to see if this solution > > helps with the enablement. > > An onboarding > > document(https://github.com/IBM/actionspz/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md) is > > available. If community agrees, we are glad to provide necessary support. > > Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks! > > > > Regards, > > Sudip Roy > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
