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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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RSE: unclear error message

Don't know if this request needs a change in RDz or RACF. Anyway, let's try as it is a customer's request. Per Host Configuration guide, SYS1.CMDLIB dataset must be PROGRAM authorized. The command is:The command is:PROGRAM * ADDMEM('SYS1.CMDLIB'//...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 3 Not under consideration

Various Property Group handling improvements

1. Order of JCL substitutions: better would be Global Variables, User Variables - this would allow Global Variables to be overwritten by User Variables 2. JCL substitutions can be marked, but not copied3. Context menu for load module allows a PG t...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Select multiple PDS members or sequential files at one time for a given request

The context menu options for both PDS members and sequential files should be available when multiple members or files are selected. The context menu function would then operate against all selected members at one time.
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Start the IMS resources (transactions and progarms) to allow the user to run IMS applications

I would like to be able to start IMS transactions and programs from the RDz workbench without having to issue a type 1 or type 2 command to IMS. RDz should alllow the user to specify the automatically start of these resources.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Rdz & the WLM Enclave services

The Developer for System z host consists of several components, each starting one or more tasks( could be MVS or OMVS tasks with processes).Today, to manage the end user response time, we have to set different subsystem types goals (STC, OMVS, APP...
over 14 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 3 Not under consideration

Help search should be improved to return better (collated) results

In some cases the Help search does not return help pages that contain the specified search term. The returned items should be better weighted according to their relevance.
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

One-to-many mapping

One-to-many mapping (i.e. Map COBOL data for multiple XML elements and vice versa). Mapping of data should allow the ability of One-to-many relationships to occur when each record may have many linked records in but each record in requires only on...
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

The prompt to update existing system property groups should indicate which property groups have been updated

The prompt to update existing system property groups should indicate which property groups have been updated
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Improved RADz MOVE logic

Allow user to provide additional logic for MOVE (i.e. only MOVE the data if certain criteria matches)
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 3 Not under consideration

Possibility to switch off content assist in Rdz Lpex

Possibility to switch off content assist in Rdz Lpex for performace reasons
almost 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

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