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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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Client sendrecv interaction want to receive ISRT ALTPCB output from IMS region

For client who use SENDRECV interaction, it wait for IMS region response by ISRT IOPCB. However, if region use ISRT ALTPCB to send message, the output meessage keep in HOLDQ and client need to use RESUME TPIPE to receive the response message.
almost 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

zUnit: support for nested programs

We have some Cobol programs in which nested programs are used. Unfortunately, this is not currently supported by zUnit.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 4 Not under consideration

RDz high performance text search for big host datasets without high CPU usage

We use Rational Developer for System z for developing host applications. Within RDz it is possible to do a text search for several host datasets. Sometimes we have to search in very big host datasets. But the RDz text search in big dataset is cpu ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Port patch https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PI41717 from zOS for IBM i

Please port the patch https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PI41717 which is for zOS to IBM i, the same error exists in the sources of the IBM i hash function.
almost 4 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 5 Not under consideration

Identify datasets from JCL DCB

Model datasets which are present in DCB are not getting identified by ADDI. Sample - dataset name PRRG.MODEL.DSCB present in below JCL step. FVROUT0 DD DSN=&ID.&HLQ..&TLQ.NDRGVDMP.&JOBNAME(&GENOUT),DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),DCB=(PRR...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

ADDI: The AIBTDLI interface is not supported in Cobol compiler.

The AIBTDLI interface is not supported in Cobol compiler.
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

ADDI: dynamic resolution mechanism does not support SET ... TO ENTRY ... statement

dynamic resolution mechanism does not support SET ... TO ENTRY ... statement, therefore the statements like the one below are not resolved: set CBLTDLI-ProcPointer to entry CBLTDLI
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Option to allow ARM registration at start of the JVM using JZOS Batch Launcher

The JZOS Batch Launcher has currently no automatic restart capability when JVM crashes, such a feature that could be very helpful for critical online application or web server like Tomcat. This could be implemented by adding an option that automat...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow requesting APIs asynchronously

Add functionality to the zOSCEE API Requester to allow requesting APIs asynchronously. The original request call should return a token. The response will need to be saved, keyed by the token, for a limited time. The later response call will pass t...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

COBOL should be able to generate multiple namespaces in XML

System: IBM z/OS 2.3Product: COBOL / XML COBOL 6.2 provides the option to generate simple XML structures with namespaces and attributes. However, the complexity of XML and its ability to transfer data across platforms requires the use of complex X...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration