[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Fwd: Mailing list

[Matt Ray < >]

In general the porting process is
1) Port the omnibus build toolchain to the platform.
2) Build the omnibus-chef package.
3) Test and fix any resources as necessary.
4) Upstream patches to omnibus, omnibus-chef, ohai, and chef as necessary.

Getting "officially supported" builds is a more involved process,
because we have to get the new platform incorporated into Chef's CI
infrastructure, included in the standard release mechanisms and have
the Support infrastructure to deal with customers who have issues on
those platforms (this is why Chef runs on much more than is
"officially supported"). We did this previously with IBM for AIX and
we're going through this now adding Linux on POWER.

Thanks,
Matt Ray
Director of Partner Integration :: Chef

 
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On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:08 PM, gregory grey 
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> There are few people in IBM who are behind AIX client, I suspect speaking to
> them(names are mentioned in article above) is the way to go.
> I will do so in nearest future(I'm an IBMer and I use Chef).
>
> I am curious about the possibility here, but don't have clear idea what
> would "porting chef to z/Linux" be. Package testing and assembly?
> I think getting ruby working might be a first issue.
>
> 2015-03-25 19:56 GMT+01:00 Matt Ray 
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>> It's come up in passing, I expect it depends on IBM's level of interest.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Matt Ray
>> Director of Partner Integration :: Chef
>> 
 
>>  :: 512.731.2218
>> mattray :: GitHub :: IRC :: Twitter
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>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Michael Weiner
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>>  wrote:
>> > Hi Matt
>> >
>> > Thanks for responding. Is there a future for 390?
>> >
>> > On Mar 25, 2015 2:01 PM, "Matt Ray" 
>> > <
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>> >  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> A few patches have been submitted for preliminary ohai support of
>> >> those platforms, but I'm not aware of any publicly distributed
>> >> packages or tests for those. We currently support the Chef client on
>> >> AIX 6.1 and 7.1 and are working on adding client and server support
>> >> for Linux on POWER, but nothing is currently being worked on at Chef
>> >> Software for z/Linux or s390x.
>> >> https://www.chef.io/blog/2015/02/24/ibm-interconnect-and-chef/
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Matt Ray
>> >> Director of Partner Integration :: Chef
>> >> 
 
>> >>  :: 512.731.2218
>> >> mattray :: GitHub :: IRC :: Twitter
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Michael Weiner
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>> >>  wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Hello. I am new to Chef and I was wondering if there is any tests on
>> >> > z/Linux
>> >> > and the s390x architecture.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike
>> >> >
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