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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 additional Content-Types as textual in WEB CONVERSE

When WEB CONVERSE receives a response and places it in a container, it uses the Content-Type header to determine whether to create a BIT or CHAR container for the response. e.g. Well-known Content-Types such as 'application/json' result in a CHAR ...
about 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

zUnit to be available on VSC & CRW

Currently zUnit is only available on IDz. Test cases can be executed out of IDz but, test cases and recordings can only be created within IDz. This causes a lock-in in IDz, so this prevents using other IDEs like VSC or CodeReady Workspaces. We nee...
over 2 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / zUnit 2 Not under consideration

VS Code plugin for AD Analyze client

We have spent a lot of time trying to make AD Analyze client work with IDZ without any success. we then resorted to having a separate installation of AD analyze client with IBM Explorer.
about 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Restore to last session list view

We would like an option (at user level) in order to be able to restore the last session list displayed with the cursor positioned on Current session without changing the order of sessions (as KLSOPTSH does)
over 1 year ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

BCPii enhancement for fake connection detection

Customer upgraded host CZ01 from z13 to z15. After that, They could not use GDPS to load system or deactivate/activate LPARs in CZ01. System admin checked and found BCPii status was connected，GDPS debug was ‘ON’. And he started SA BCPii trace. It ...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Future consideration

Simplify Omegamon security (RKANMODU) - only external

We have no need to use the old Classic Omegamon interfaces anymore, we only use the Enhanced 3270 and the TEPS for Omegamon monitoring. While all security is external (RACF) we have no need for the EXIT related old (internal) security implementati...
over 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Management Services on z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic exit support for EQQUX007

Many tools use the EQQUX007 exit point to collect information about IZWS job details. Only one exit implementation may be used as so it means that if multiple users want to leverage this exit, implementing code at the client side must be recompile...
about 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Menu manager migration

IDz should support a smooth migration of menu manager to higher IDz version.
about 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Future consideration

Enable z/OS Connect API Requester Feature to Transparently handle API Endpoint changesEnable z/OS Connect API Requester Feature to Transparently handle API Endpoint changes

Enable z/OS Connect API Requester Feature to Transparently handle API Endpoint changesCurrently, when an API endpoint has new response fields added that an API Consumer does not need, z/OS Connect API Requester will start to fail unless its API Re...
over 1 year ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6+ - >>NOP for >>EVALUATE directive

In addition to our RFE 145885, we suggest the provision of a directive that does no action to be associated with a >>WHEN condition in a >>EVALUATE directive. It could be a >>NOP or >>CONTINUE directive. It is sometimes eas...
about 4 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

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