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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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Create Volumes that can grow Dynamically in zD&T

Currently, allocating a Volume in the zD&T implementation means creating a FULL SIZE Volume at initial allocation. This can create pressure on the User to allocate "up front" a LOT of space even though this space will not be needed right away....
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 3 Not under consideration

Change ASMA033I severity from 0 to 4

Our product requires 241 separate assemblies. When reviewing a gen, we take closer looks at any assembly having a non-0 completion code. ASMA033I errors currently are SEV 0. That means that they get missed when a GEN is reviewed. If they were chan...
over 2 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 4 Future consideration

COBOL 6 should use zIIP processor

The Enterprise COBOL Compiler Version 6 (and also V5) use much more CPU Resources than Version 4.Not only 12 Percent, but Factor 12.We need 12 times more CPU for compiling than in the older versions.Some parts of this workload should be zIIP-enabl...
about 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

AD - v6.0.1 - CCS project monitor field doesn't work in the sorted order of time duration (Eg; build progress)

In AD version v6.0.1 after build or post build processes there is no facility to display long time consuming build progress projects from the CCS admin console. In the top right corner there is "status field" that only filters status alone that do...
almost 2 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Permit named PUSH/POP statements

When the assembler reaches an END statement, and there remains unPOP'd PUSH USINGs, it issues ASMA138W . Well, in large complex assemblies, finding the unPOP'd PUSH or PUSHs can be rather a challenge. In my own coding, I have solved that by replac...
over 2 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 1 Not under consideration

Fully support 32-bit EQUs (maybe even 64-bit EQUs as well)

The assembler's support of 32-bit EQUs is arcane, to say the least. Consider: EQU1 EQU X'80000000' EQU2 EQU X'80000000'+1 EQU3 EQU X'7FFFFFFF'+1 The EQU1 and EQU2 statements are fine.The EQU3 statement gets flagged with ASMA074E. I do understand t...
over 2 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 3 Not under consideration

64-bit support for C/C++ under CICS Transaction Server

One of our customers is creating a C/C++ application for financial services (broker). This application is running in a CICS transaction environment. Because of high transaction workload we are suffering storage constraint because C/C++ is still li...
over 3 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Support multiple versions of DB2 bind

When we upgrade/apply mainteance to TOM, sometimes it requires running DB2 bind and backout is to rebind with old packages. It'll be helpful if TOM can support multiple versions of DB2 bind so we can run different maintenance levels with just STEP...
11 months ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Ability to display tpipes with a filter on those that have messages queued.

Use the IMS display command to display TPIPES with a queue count only. The current IMS display command for TPIPES yields all tpipes with and without a queue count. This feature should have an optional filter parameter as part of the display comman...
over 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

CICS CM CHECKSUM in package display

In CICS CM when viewing the components of a package via 3.x.2, displaying the checksum with packaged components would save customers time by allowing them to verify checksums of components in a package at one time.
over 4 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration