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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...

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Add support for OTMA transaction expiration for IFP regions

IMS transaction can be defined to expire OTMA messages to prevent the use of resources for messages that are waiting too long to be processed. For transactions that run in MPP regions, there are three types of checks that IMS does to see if the tr...
4 days ago in IMS Transaction Manager / All components 0 Submitted

Add which port to the product

Please consider adding the which port available from the zopen community to be one of the tools provided via the product.
1 day ago in IBM Open Enterprise Foundation for z/OS 0 Submitted

Add ability to update JCL created by UnitTest task

The generated JCL from the task creates a temporary file that doesn't use the ${HLQ} variable that all the other datasets use. Instead, it uses &SYSUID as the HLQ for the dataset. Given that multiple builds could be running concurrently with t...
4 days ago in Dependency Based Build 0 Submitted

Develop the functionality in File Manager to choose the encoding with a file should be downloaded to a PC through its export to desktop function

BBVA is a very important global bank with operations in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, etc. BBVA is the largest bank in Mexico, employing over one thousand of mainframe developers. These developers use IBM Developer for z for th...
about 1 month ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Under review

Provide a way of automatically generating appropriate OSAM and VSAM definitions.

Provide a way of automatically generating appropriate OSAM and VSAM delete/define definitions for IMS physical database datasets.
10 days ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Submitted

for zOS Connect similar to ZCEE-I-160 we need the PATCH option for OAS2. We don't have the ability to run API 3.0 and our users are trying to access vendors that use PATCH.

So there are 3 HTTP methods that are not supported PATCH, TRACE, CONNECT. While TRACE and CONNECT are not that common in APIs, the PATCH HTTP method is more and more used. If only a set of values need to be updated, PATCH would be a more efficient...
4 days ago in z/OS Connect 0 Submitted

Configuration file for P2 installations

I propose the inclusion of a configuration file for P2 installations which allows, for example: adding a z/OS connection by default which would allow me to distribute the tool to developers as an installation by Installation Manager allows.
11 days ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 0 Submitted

Enhance SET_SQTY to work during the EXTEND environment

SET_SQTY can only be used to assign a secondary allocation during the ALLOCATION environment, but it would also be useful to alter the secondary allocation during the EXTEND environment based on other detectable conditions.

DELAY statement under CICS for millisecond range

Presently the DELAY statement in Enterprise PLI/I for z/OS supports milliseconds only for Batch – under CICS-Environment it rounds down to the nearest second. It would be helpful if it also works for CICS in the millisecond range – especially if t...
1 day ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 0 Submitted

Additional validation of input arrival date in 5.1 panel

When adding an application in 5.1 at 23:59 and confirming it at 0:01 the input arrival date will be the one set at 23:59. It is causing that variables like '%OYMD' inside jobs will be provided by the date from the previous day. Additionally, when ...
1 day ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Submitted