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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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Expand All option in the CARMA view

To be more productive , it would be great to be able to expand (or reduce) all the folders of the view .
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Delivered

Apply service level authorization to API path requests

If I protect a service using the authorization interceptor I would expect the interceptor to also be invoked if I invoke an API path that calls the service.
about 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

PL/I Preprocessor Support required

PL/I Preprocessor Support required

PL/I Macro Support required

PL/I Macro Support required

System Policy for DBCTL Connection Status

System Policy rule to detect when a DBCTL connection is not acquired
about 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Delivered

Allow configurable data header use in the High Speed Connector

Allow configurable data/transport protocol header use in the High Speed Connector. Possible solutions could entail a configuration in the endpoint group xml file. Or could provide User Exit in the High Speed Connector to manipulate the stream to t...
about 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Provide a precompiler option whether // is recognized as an end of line comment or not

Please provide a macro preprocessor option to control whether // is recognized as an end of line comment or not
about 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Delivered

Provide comparable reporting once offered in EPILOG

We are a Monoplex environment. v550 does not offer a comparable reporting engine for our environment since EPILOG was sunsetted. We run GPMSERVE only on demand, so the RMF data is not collected and stored. We are not looking to activate any SYSPLE...
about 6 years ago in IBM OMEGAMON for z/OS 1 Delivered

CICS GLOBAL ENQUEUE / DEQUEUE issue related to use of RNL

Allow the customer to control whether the CICS GLOBAL ENQ/DEQ issues the ENQ/DEQwith RNL=NO or RNL=YES.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

Provide ability to set and enforce a limit to the number of concurrent LP ECBs

There are tuning (core allocation and shutdown threshold level) implications to running large numbers of LP ECBs. A customer really needs to determine a max number of LP ECBs they will allow to run concurrently. If tuning values are set based on a...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered