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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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Universal compare for many types of data

This RFE is about an universal compare. Something like "select first item" and "select second item" and when both are selected a compare is started comparing this two items.
over 8 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

ZD&T v12.0.1 - Dynamic change within DevMap

Hot Plug additional volume (1 volume = 8GB —current it is preallocate)
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise COBOL V6+ - Keep the optimization of MOVE during the prolog program on the group data-items declared VOLATILE

Hi When the VOLATILE clause is present on a group zone that contains data-item with VALUE clauses (these data-items are constant and are never modified in procedure, these can be considered as a signature of the program), the optimization of the g...
about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Need a process exclude called programs/utilities with no source from missing components reports

Need a process to Identify and exclude called programs/utilities with no source from missing components reports
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Propagate original Userid from CPSM interface / CICS Explorer (GSE requirement GGCIC10006)

Changes made through CICS explorer (CE) or the CPSM WUI are executed in the target region using the CICS region Userid rather than the original Userid.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

IMS/DB need to be processed in JCLs

Please see all details in PMR 40939,110,846
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Show REXX resource consumption

Similar to the languages already supported by Application Performance Analyzer - COBOL, Assembler, PL/I, C/C++, JAVA on z, and Natural - also support the REXX language
over 10 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Allow third party Service Provider interface to set System of Record Data

Customers of monitoring products like OMEGAMON for JVM want to be able to monitor API connections to third party service providers like DVM. The public third party Service Provider interface does populate any of the SoR fields for SMF or intercept...
about 2 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Give customers the option to activate the LE Langage Environment per configuration in IMS-connect

We implemented our ims-connect exits in Cobol, so we had to initialize the LE environment in the init phase.As the assembler skill is shrinking in the company, we try to eliminate as far as possible self-written assembler routines It makes also se...
about 2 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 1 Not under consideration

Mark occurrences of variables also on variable copy statements

IDz doesn't mark occurrences, when the variable is used as replacement in a COPY/REPLACE statement in the procedure division. Please see the attachment. Especially chapter 3
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Not under consideration

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