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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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VFAFILL=NO support for more macros

The new parameter VFAFILL of the macro FINDC (apar PJ46019) is a very good thing for the RECOUP. We would like to use it on some of our processes but it only exists for the FINDC macro. Could you provide us with the VFAFILL parameter on the other ...
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Enable support for multi-thread download from cloud

Currently CTC supports the THREADS parameter to enable multi-thread upload to improve overall throughput. This same value should also be used to enable multi-thread download of objects as well.
over 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

HATS is dumping the contents of the screen to a log

Currently when HATS encounters a macro exception, the contents of the screen being used are dumped into a log file.As this can contain sensitive information, we need to be able to stop HATS from doing this in a Production environment.
over 6 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 7 Planned for future release

Enable a batch recovery capability in IZBR

IZBR provides an inventory mechanism for various system backup solutions. Coupled with this is the ability to display and search the inventory from ISPF, select an appropriate file version and produce/execute an appropriate recovery command or job...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z Batch Resiliency 0 Planned for future release

Return Home Procedure improvement

CHINA MENTCHANTS BANK is using GDPS/MGM 3.13 3-site with IR function now. We use GDPS/MGM Return Home procedure to do planned site switch. We have the requirement to keep SITE2 data as a golden copy, but current procedure doesn't support. Could GD...
over 6 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

Add Kafka Headers to the DefaultPublishHandler Interface

We'd like to see the DefaultPublishHandler provided in PJ45923: Guaranteed Delivery Support for JVM Services, to be enhanced to include support for Kafka Headers. Currently the interface only supports the Key and Data related to the Kafka message....
about 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Provide Activate on Accept for Shared SSL model

This is very similar to the GSS-API model.The SSL Certificate can be used to validate the end user accessing z/TPF. SSL_ctx_set_verify with SSL_verify_peer. An SSL_new and SSL_fd with SSL_Accept we wait until something comes in on the socket with ...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Enable multiple EGL default target system build descriptors

In the EGL file Properties, in the group EGL Default Build Descriptors, allow multiple build descriptors in the settings Target system build descriptors, when selecting Specify default build descriptor values for this resource.
over 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Planned for future release

z/TPF Large MQ Message Support

1. Mainstream MQ from the IBM Hursley Lab supports up to 100 MByte Messages in both the server and client implementations. 2. The z/TPF version of MQ supports up to 4 MByte Messages. 3. Z/Systems Hardware Compression is not available on z/Systems ...
over 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Planned for future release

Provide capability to supply x-axis labels on DojoBarChart

Currently, only y-axis values can be represented on a Dojo bar chart. (This is not a limitation of Dojo but a limitation of the EGL wrapper.) We would like to be able to label bars displayed by the DojoBarChart widget on the x axis. In the current...
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

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