24PI2 Planning

[adam-wolfe]

Zowe CLI Squad - 24PI2 - (2024/04/23 - 2024/07/22)

V3 Preparation

Implement planned changes for V3 and continue to publish pre-release versions to npm.

• Message Zowe Daemon in use #1451
• Consolidate the Zowe client log files into the same directory #2116
• V3: Mark non-consumer Zowe CLI SDK APIs as @internal #2083
• Provide way to identify versions of Zowe CLI included in published Zowe releases #2097
• Search for a string in members of a PDS #2095
• Display a reason why the CLI prompts for host, port, etc #2115
• Document v3 team config changes #1801

Repo maintenance

These items require updates to documentation in GitHub.

• [Stretch] Update contribution guidelines to include policy on new dependencies #62
• [Stretch] Outdated doc about Zowe release timeline #712

Other:

• findJobByID does not return spoolFiles zowe-cli-ftp-plugin#156
• Remove deprecated/unstable Utils functions #1947
• [Stretch] zowe plugins list registry qualification  #63
• [Stretch] ADA sec. 508 Accessiblity Issue — Color Contrast Issue in Profiles List #1948 - This may be resolved in the V3 docs

Config Usability

Continue to improve team config robustness and flexibility.

• Support logging in to multiple APIML instances per config file #1705
• [Stretch] User not prompted for keyPassphrase if in secure array of ssh profile #1770
• [Stretch] Zowe requires password when using SSH key for SSH command  #1034 - Added 4/19/2024 - Appears to be related to 1770

Extension Support

Ensure that extenders have access to the tools they need to interact with team config and secure credential storage.

• Regenerating schema after plugin install may not include all profile types #1882
• Notify extenders when changes to the vault have been made #1987

High Priority and Upvoted Defects and Enhancements

Continue to responsibly address backlog items according to perceived priority and community interest.

• Breaking Change in User/Password/Token Order of Precedence  #2109
• [Stretch] Support the message transmission/reception API for TSO. #1566
• [Stretch] Fix overrides.CredentialManager:false inconsistencies #1469

SDK Conformance and LTS status

Finalize Zowe Client SDK conformance criteria and ensure that the Zowe Client Node.js SDK fulfills the criteria.

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

Stretch Issues - Added 4/19/2024

• Function to validate that credential manager will load successfully after ProfilesInfo constructor called #2111
• Deprecation of Commands Requires Replacement Command #2041
• How to make sure that a file is deleted with one command? #866
• zowe plugins validate returns always RC=0 #1299 - Need to confirm that a resolution has not already been implemented.
• Fix yargs parsing string arguments as numbers #1881

Zowe CLI / Zowe SDK Roadmap

Support connections to multiple APIML gateways through profile linking

• _What problem are you solving?
  • Users cannot use team config to access services behind multiple APIML gateways.
• _What are you doing to solve it?
  • Allow users to optionally specify explicit profile links in team configs - initially to link a service profile to a base (APIML) profile, so that Zowe CLI and Zowe Explorer can identify which APIML connection to use for a given service profile.
• _When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY24Q2
• _When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY24Q2

Searching

• _What problem are you solving?
  • Users are not able to easily locate a data set, member, or spool file that contains information that they are looking for.
• _What are you doing to solve it?
  • Give users the ability to search data sets, PDS members, or spool files for a given string, returning a list of files that contain the string and line numbers for each occurrence of the string in the file.
• _When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY24Q1
• _When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY24Q2

Zowe client software event notification system

• _What problem are you solving?
  • The Zowe client software (Zowe CLI, Zowe Client SDKs, Zowe Explorer for VS Code, and Zowe Explorer for IntelliJ) have no way of knowing what actions the user has taken in other Zowe Client software (e.g., if the user changes a password in Zowe CLI, Zowe Explorer for VS Code will not know to reload the credentials from disk).
• _What are you doing to solve it?
  • Implement a system for sharing event notifications (such as a user updating a password) that can be shared by all Zowe Client software regardless of programming language or runtime environment.
• _When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY24Q1
• _When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY24Q2

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
  • Determine if existing SDKs are conformant and communicate conformance gaps for prioritization
  • Release the Zowe Client Node.js SDK as LTS
• _When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY23Q2
• _When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY23Q4 (delayed until CY24Q2)

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?
  • CY24Q1 Achieve Passing Badge (delayed until CY24Q2)
  • CY24Q4 Achieve Silver Badge
  • CY25Q4 Achieve Gold Badge

(Completed) Ensure that Zowe VS Code Extensions can Share Access to zowe.schema.json with Zowe CLI

• _What problem are you solving?
  • Zowe CLI overwrites team config profile entries contributed by Zowe Explorer extensions, preventing those extensions from being able to properly access profiles from a user's team config.
• _What are you doing to solve it?
  • Schema profile additions will be synchronized in such a way that both VS Code extensions and Zowe CLI plug-ins can contribute to a schema without removing the profiles contributed by the other.
• _When do you plan to start the work?
  • CY23Q4
• _When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • CY24Q1