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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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Support 4K RSA Encryption/Decryption via Crypto

The Dept. of Treasury is requiring us to adopt stronger security standards, such as using >2K public/private RSA keys, specifically, 3K or 4K keys. The issue is performance-related (CPU). The z/TPF OS has only put in support to call the crypto ...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

zospt job support

Our Cics Regions run not as started tasks, but as jobs. We would need to create jobs instead of started tasks.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / Other 0 Future consideration

Have real-time errors and warnings be placed into a tab/view for ease of viewing

We would like to have the errors and warnings that are produced during real-time syntax checking be placed into a tab/view such as the Remote Error List or the general Problems views. It would also be nice for the behaviour of items in the list to...
about 13 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

CTCz Status check function

It is too difficult to check the status of some components on Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS. 1) Cloud Servers StatusThere is no way to check this status except ISPF panel. Please add OS command to check this status and OS message which show the st...
over 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Remove synchronized from java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[] bytes) to improve performance.

java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[] bytes) is synchronized in IBM JDK 1.8.0 version which is causing performance issue as causing other threads to wait for the lock. Oracle and OpenJDK has removed synchronized from java.security.SecureRand...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Norm State Pool Reallocation package

Please see the SR for further information: We have recently used ODBR to move DEVC pools to DEVB. We are now finalizing testing for running a norm state pool re-organization to reassign pools owned by DEVC to the new DEVB owner. Following the norm...
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

TWSd remote commands should run without password if running ssh

If you configure SSH on Unix manually and transfer the ssh keys you can run commands without entering a password , the TWSd Remote Commands jobs should work the same way this will mean we are no longer dependant on a static password for these job ...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Generic support for multi-line messages in any log (extension to RFE 114470)

As we encounter multi-line messages not only in z/OS Syslog but in Java logs (e.g.), Joblogs and user written logs as well we need a generic approach for CDP to recognize a multi-line message. A user should be able to define a configuration includ...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 0 Future consideration

Context menu in IDz z/OS Project Explorer does not provide sufficient new artifact options

With IDz/RTC integration, if one wants to create a new zFolder or zFile in a zComponent project, there is not a menu option in the context menu for creating a new zFile or zFolder in the z/OS project explorer view (the typical view for editing cod...
about 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Remote System Explorer 5 Future consideration

CDP read user application log from logstream

CCB has some user application data writing to logstream , they want CDP forward the log the ELK
over 7 years ago in IBM Z Common Data Provider 1 Future consideration

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