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    Add githubcli and gitlabcli to OEF

    With so many switching to git it would be useful if these CLIs got added to OEF. They have many uses even automation.
    5 days ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Add global option support for STA, STO and PST TRAN commands.

    Enabling PLEXPARM for IMS transactions allows setting a global status for IMS AREAS, DBS and TRANS. However for transactions the only way to set this is via the update transaction command. IMS RACF OPERCMDS settings cannot be configured for to all...
    over 1 year ago in IMS System Services / Commands 2 Future consideration

    Keyword 'ALL' needed for /DIS STATUS command

    Current /DIS STATUS command can be issued without any keywords (/DIS STATUS.), which can result in massive output message for all IMS resources generated to WTO.This affects system operator's operation. This also affects throughput of workloa...
    over 4 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 1 Not under consideration

    Replace legacy POSIX tools with their modern open-source equivalents

    On behalf of the zopen community... to improve usability, script portability, and developer experience on z/OS UNIX System Services, it's recommended to replace legacy POSIX tools with their modern open-source equivalents. Many default z/OS UNIX u...
    10 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    GZIP and OpenSSL for Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS

    It would be very useful to have GZIP and OpenSSL in the Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS. It ist always good to have such basic tools at hand.
    5 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Under review

    Add OpenSSL port for z/OS to Open Enterprise Foundation

    We used to have through the IBM ported tools which are no longer available. Afterwards it was included in the IDz product, the FMID included a target path with Rocket tools. But since some PTFs ago OpenSSL is no longer included. Currently there is...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 3 Future consideration

    vim and ebcdic support

    If you use the --version command on vim you can see the following (abbreviated): >vim --version|moreVIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Nov 6 2025 07:57:02)Included patches: 1-1830Modified by IBM_OEF_1.1.0.7Compiled by IBM_OEF_1.1.0.7N...
    3 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 1 Under review

    GIT support for national characters in filenames

    Hi, Opening rfe to resolve issue in case TS016694999. We're having issues with git clones where filenames and paths in repos have been created with Swedish national characters in iDZ or VSCode. At clone the swedish characters are creating issues t...
    12 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 1

    Add zoslib to OEF

    zoslib includes many useful C APIs that we would benefit from if it was added, currently we can only get it from zOpen which is more difficult in an enterprise environment
    3 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 1 Under review

    Include the GNU find command

    Newer versions of GitLab Runner for z/OS uses a variation of the find command "-exec" action that terminates the command with a plus (i.e. '+'). The find command that comes with z/OS doesn't support that syntax. It would be good to provide an opti...
    4 months ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Under review

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