SWIG on z/OS

[t1m0thyj]

Hello! 👋

I'd like to get discussion started about porting the SWIG tool (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator) to z/OS. SWIG is a useful tool for creating bindings from C/C++ to Python and many other languages.

My team is already using SWIG on z/OS via a fork that I created and applied some patches to: https://github.com/t1m0thyj/swig-zos

I'd be interested in contributing this port to zOpenCommunity to make installing SWIG on z/OS as easy as zopen install swig 😊

Please let me know your thoughts on this. Would a port of SWIG be welcomed, and if so are there any steps I should follow to make my port "official" besides the ones here? https://zopen.community/#/Guides/Porting

[IgorTodorovskiIBM]

Hi @t1m0thyj, swig looks interesting and I think it would be a great fit! You can start by opening a new contribution request here: https://github.com/zopencommunity/meta/issues/new?template=contribution.yml

Also, take a quick look at our contribution guidelines here: https://github.com/zopencommunity/meta/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

[IgorTodorovskiIBM]

@t1m0thyj FYI, we just discovered that one of the projects we're porting (dnf5) has a dependency on SWIG. Let us know if you still have intentions to contribute it to the zopen community, thanks!

[t1m0thyj]

@t1m0thyj FYI, we just discovered that one of the projects we're porting (dnf5) has a dependency on SWIG. Let us know if you still have intentions to contribute it to the zopen community, thanks!

Thanks for reaching out, I'm still definitely interested but it may be a few weeks until I find time to contribute. Is there a timeline expected for porting?

[IgorTodorovskiIBM]

Hey @t1m0thyj, sounds good! The swig dependency for dnf5 turns out to be an optional dependency so we're not blocked at this time. Thanks!