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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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Enterprise Cobol V5+ - Compile OCCURS 0 TO 1 as OCCURS 0 TO UNBOUNDED

Before Cobol V5, we used "OCCURS 0 TO 1" in LINKAGE SECTION to manage tables whose size was not known at compile time.We propose that under the control of an option or compilation directive, the declarations "OCCURS 0 TO 1 DEPENDING ON" in LINKAGE...
over 5 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

[RPP] Update Date-compiled

Is there a way in the preferences to automatically change the date compiled when a program (cbl) is modified
about 8 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Not under consideration

AD connect to Endevor

Need support engagement and documentation to set up AD connect from windows server based ADDI build configuration to zOS MF Endevor to auto/upload code libraries to not only ADDI server, but to any server or file share required. Ideally, this acti...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

TDS UAC Tolerance for Broadcom CA IDMS 19

Processing SMF generated data out of IDMS 19 no longer selects matches of out of the CIMSTBL list.
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 0 Future consideration

Améliorer l'ergonomie des entités "Bloc Base de Données" dans RPP

ESP utilise les entités "Bloc Bases de Données" pour générer des DDL pour DB2 sur z/OS.L'utilisation de ces designs n'est pas ergonomique, notamment le -DR.En particulier nous allons passer à DB2 V12 prochainement, ce qui va impliquer de changer b...
over 5 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Not under consideration

Need additional measurements for short-term pools on time between dispense and return

Need additional measurements for short-term pools on time between dispense and return in order to configure directory set size and to understand recycle time. It is suggested to provide this information by pool section and by record ID by pool type.
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

PL/1 Maven Plugins

I want a maven plugin that allows us putting source code into maven projects and compile them on the mainframe.
over 5 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

BIF: ROUND(x,n), n as expression

we would like to have the ROUND(x,n) builtin function to accept 'n' as an expression else than an Optionally-signed integer. example:DCL X DEC FIXED(11,4) INIT(3.1416);DCL Y BIN FIXED(31) INIT(2); DCL Z DEC FIXED(11,4); Z = ROUND(X,Y);
almost 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Determine VSAM FILE definition attributes KEYLENGTH/RECORDFORMAT and RECORDSIZE from catalog

VSAM File attributes (local and remote files) should be determined from z/OS catalog entry instead of defining the values in the corresponding FILE entry in DFHCSD
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Platform Isolation

I have been discussing this topic with several people from the lab, but I also want to write it down one time, to have it written and to maybe make the why clear. So why is this important for us? 1) We have several Cics Regions, where the Cics is ...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

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