Release Notes

These release notes provide information about IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3.10 in IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack. For release notes about other products in IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack, see Release notes.

Beginning with the z/OS Cloud Broker 2.2 and z/OS Package Manager 2.0, a dedicated suboperator for Open Enterprise SDK for Python is no longer required to install the product on z/OS.

Use the z/OS Package Manager suboperator 2.0 to install the Open Enterprise SDK for Python OCI Artifact on to z/OS.

If IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python is modified between releases of IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack, additional versions might be available. For the latest information about product versions, always check the IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Github community.

What's New

What's new in IBM® Open Enterprise SDK for Python 3.10:

• Support for storing and retrieving tagging information from tar archive files generated with pax and extended USTAR headers.
• tar archives generated with the tarfile utility in Python 3.10 are compatible with the pax and tar tools on z/OS®.

For more information about the new features in Python 3.10, see the What’s New In Python 3.10 in the official Python documentation and for more useful IBM resources for Python, see Resources.

Known issues and limitations

None in this release.