23PI4 Planning

[adam-wolfe]

Zowe CLI Squad - 23PI4 - (2023/10/24 - 2024/01/22)

V3 Pre-release

Implement planned changes for V3 and publish a pre-release version to npm.

• v3: Migrate the @zowe/imperative package to the zowe-cli monorepo #1695
• v3: Prepare vNext branch of the zowe-cli repository #1702
• Support logging in to multiple APIML instances per config file #1705
• v3: Remove V1 profile functionality in vNext (retaining the ability to convert from V1 to V2 configs) #1703
• Document v3 team config changes #1801
• v3: deprecate the getDataSet utility and move it (in v3) to the @zowe/zos-files-for-zowe-sdk package #1696
• v3: Remove deprecated constants, options, and methods #1694
• v3: Remove deprecated constants, options, and methods #1873
• v3: Remove "bright" command  #1792
• [Stretch] Standardize use of capitalization and punctuation in command descriptions #1756
• [Stretch] v3: Consistent --editor option across CLI commands that can open editor #1867

High Priority Defects and Enhancements

• [Stretch]files edit commands should support binary and encoding options #1725
• Regression-7.4.1 : download data-set-matching option -d does not preserve upper case #1722

SDK Conformance and LTS status

Work with the Onboarding Squad and the IntelliJ Explorer Squad to develop Zowe client SDK conformance criteria and ensure that the Node.JS and Python Zowe Client SDKs achieve conformance.

• [Stretch] Zowe SDK - Update SDK conformance documentation #1676
• [Stretch] Zowe SDK - Develop and publish sample Node.js SDK #1675

Review and Enhance System Tests

• Perform an inventory of existing system tests.
• Identify gaps in testing. What functionality is not covered that should be?
• Implement additional system tests where gaps exist.
• Identify opportunities to use community computing resources.

OpenSSF Best Practices Badge

This work may carry across 23PI4 & 24PI1:

• Zowe CII Badge items for Zowe CLI #1352
• OpenSSF Best Practices: Publish software architecture description #1760
• OpenSSF Best Practices: Determine and publish Zowe CLI security requirements #1761
• OpenSSF Best Practices: Assemble a security assurance case #1762
• OpenSSF Best Practices: Provide signatures for Zowe.org downloads #1763
  • Update shared Zowe spreadsheet with the latest information on the Zowe CLI project

Helpful links for OpenSSF Best Practices Badge criteria:

• Passing: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en/criteria/0
• Silver: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en/criteria/1
• Gold: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en/criteria/2

Zowe CLI / Zowe SDK Roadmap

(Carry-over) Gold OpenSSF Best Practices Badge (Formerly CII Best Practices Badge)

• What problem are you solving?
  • The Zowe Project has not earned the gold OpenSSF Best Practices Badge, a requirement from LF/OMP that ensures the Open Source project satisfies FLOSS (Free/Libre & Open Source Software) Best Practices criteria
• What are you doing to solve it?
  • Review requirements and take necessary actions to satisfy them for the gold badge level
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY22Q3
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY22Q4 (delayed until TBD)

SDK Conformance and LTS Status

• What problem are you solving?
  • Mainframe developers are interested in extending the existing SDKs in order to create applications for their services
• What are you doing to solve it?
  • Solidify the SDK Conformance guidelines for:
    • New Services (like CICS SDK)
    • New Programming languages (like Kotlin SDK)
  • Prepare the SDKs technically and logistically for conformance
  • Apply for (and achieve) conformance for existing SDKs
  • Release the SDKs as LTS
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY23Q2
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY23Q4

(Done) Keytar Replacement

• What problem are you solving?
  • Mainframe customers demand trustworthy storage of secure values in Zowe CLI. With the sunset of the Atom organization (who supplied the Keytar package) and removal of Keytar from VS Code in the August 2023 release, we would require an actively maintained alternative for secure credential storage.
• What are you doing to solve it?
  • Implement a suitable replacement to the Keytar package with minimal impact to our end users
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY23Q1
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY23Q3

(Done) Zowe Client Mentorship Opportunity: Enhancing the Python SDK

• What problem are you solving?
  • Consumers of the Python SDK are requesting enhancements, including support for Zowe V2 team configuration files
• What are you doing to solve it?
  • Leverage the mentorship program to deliver enhancements to the existing SDK
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY23Q2
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY23Q4

Postponed Objectives

For more details, please see the 2023 PI1 Planning Objectives

• Zowe App Store Participation
• In-memory Credential Management & Identity Tokens
• Zowe CLI Containerization
• Zowe CLI on Unix System Services (USS)