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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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Refreshing the subsystem of a controller after a new release

After the installation of a new release, the customer must either do an IPL or restart the controller on EACH lpars to upgrade the subsystem.For instance, on a productive system with 12 lpars and 3 IWS instances, the controllers must be restarted ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Support for Elliptic Curves x448 and x25519 in Java 8 SDK for z/OS.

Java 8 is globally used by a number of applications in Traditional zWebSphere v8.5 and v9.0, the company standard requires the latest elliptic curves to secure applications externally and internally.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Enable hardware support for Lempel-Ziv compression algorithm

One of the compression options supported by CTC leverages the IBM Rexx runtime to enable the Lempel-Ziv compression algorithm which offers optimal CPU offload to zIIP for some data types. Beginning with z14 architecture Db2 has been able to levera...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

CICS WEB APIs supported by TXSeries compatible with CICS TS API same IDEA opened for CICS TX

the API of CICS TS and CICS WEB, they are not exactly the same. Following CICS WEB APIs are supported by TXSeries to work CICS application as HTTP clients: WEB PARSE command WEB OPEN command WEB CONVERSE command WEB CLOSE command ...
almost 2 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 0 Future consideration

CICS WEB APIs supported by TXSeries compatible with CICS TS API

the API of CICS TS and CICS WEB, they are not exactly the same. Following CICS WEB APIs are supported by TXSeries to work CICS application as HTTP clients: WEB PARSE command WEB OPEN command WEB CONVERSE command WEB CLOSE command If you look into ...
almost 2 years ago in CICS TX 0 Future consideration

Possibility to have multiple WLM resource names in the application info panel

The number of wlm resource names in the PDB's application info panel shouldn't be limited to only 3 names per Application. Users should be able to add as many wlm_resources as they might need.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

Better handling of message inserts agains stopped TPIPEs and transactions

When applications perform asynchronous callouts over a TPIPE and the distributed service, which should receive the messages isn't available it comes to a queuing in IMS. Depending on the amount of asynchronous callouts the message queue can get fi...
almost 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Future consideration

Resume TPIPE auto and explicite acknowledgement support in CCI implementations of the IMS TM Resource Adapter

The IMS TM Resource Adapter supports two implementations: A message-driven bean (MDB) and a Common Client Interface (CCI) implementation. When using the CCI implementation currently the resume TPIPE auto option can't be used for callout message pr...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Open Access TM 1 Future consideration

zUnit: PLI-Support for the return-code (PLIRETC)

The test case editor of zUnit does not recognizes the return code for a PLI program (PLIRETC) and therefore no expected value can be specified.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Future consideration

Fast Name Search or Filter for Data Items in Test Case Editor of zUnit

In the Test Case Editor of zUnit, please provide fast name search or filter functionality for data items.When performing PoC with V14.1.4, the filter function was too slow to be used at all.In financial and insurance systems, most programs handle ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration