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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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Exploit z/OS specific features to minimise impact of Java security changes to JCE RACF keystores

Why:Following implementation of OSB 8181692, the KeyProtector.java function increased the number of times that keystore data is encrypted from from 20 to 200,000 times. This had the effect of significantly increasing the cost when retrieving the k...
about 6 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Decision/Branch Level Code Coverage

Currently, line level coverage is the most specific level of code coverage offered. This is comparable to statement coverage on other platforms. However, to really get a more complete indication of the level of coverage achieved by a testing suite...
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Mass renaming of projects by command line

We need to have a command line for renaming projects in bulk instead of going through Build Configuration and renaming projects one by one.
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

Compile warning when using COMP-5 larger than 9 digits

When using COMP-5 variables many developers are not aware of the performance impact of using COMP-5 with variables defined longer then 9(9).Therefore we would like a warning added to the rules(nolaxperf) option, that will indicate this, and recomm...
over 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Future consideration

ability to throttle connections per client IP

Ability to throttle CM threads from the same IP address. We have some instances where a client grabs large numbers of connections with long timeout duration, that block other users from entering the gateway. If could throttle the number; analogous...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration

Provide library javax.smartcardio

requires support for javax.smartcardio in IBM JDK 8.
over 4 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 5 Future consideration

(TPFUG/Visa) Data reduction system-wide CPU and mils enhancements

Request the following NEW metrics in data reduction reports to allow for easier tracking of transactional workload once LP workload increases:1) System avg Smoothed Adjusted CPU. Avg calculated for in-use (not fenced) i/streams2) System avg "Trans...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

ADDI-Support for current version of PL/I

In order to avoid breaking the ADDI build process the PL/I scanner has to support the syntax of the current version of IBM(R) Enterprise PL/I for z/OS.
over 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Future consideration

Syntax Check Facility in RTC-Userbuild to support error feedback

The Syntax Check Facility for user build works for the setup, when the input file to the compiler is also defined as the input of the translator. As soon as the client uses a translator running a preprocessor resolving macros in a dedicated step, ...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Future consideration

Update CICS SPI INQUIRE CONNECTION to provide ATTACHSEC, SECURITYNAME, BINDSECURITY and USEDFLTUSER fields

We have a customer looking for security related information in connection resource; specifically ATTACHSEC. According to CEDA DEFINE the following fields are available in CICS resource definition for Security: SECURITY SEcurityname ==> ATtachse...
over 1 year ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration