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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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Check TAG into server.xml from AdminCenter

Before using AdminCenter, I edited server.xml in 3270. Now I use AdminCenter but it miss one functionnalité for check the good syntax.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Not under consideration

Identify SIIS issue before moving to z13 / z14

It is known that Assembler code using "Store into Instruction Stream" (SIIS) does not perform as well starting on z13 hardware due to a change in cache structure. It would be beneficial to have an option in the HLASM Toolkit to identify code which...
over 5 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

Field Expansion Report to show variables PIC clauses and indicate potential truncation

To add additional column to Field Expansion Impact Analysis Report to show impacted variables PIC clauses and to highlight potential truncation of the impacted variable with respect to the variable under consideration.
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

HLASM toolkit needs to support line-mode programs which use PUTGET and TGET macros

The HLASM Toolkit needs to support line-mode programs such as those which use the PUTGET and TGET macros/services. When such programs are tested using the Toolkit, the macros return invalid command buffer data. The Toolkit tests the programs as 32...
over 11 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

PL/1 CHAR VARYING Mapping Support

The developers argued, that there is no PL/1 CHAR VARYING Mapping Support. This should be a quick win in extending the product.
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Restructure the Panel "Resume deployment Information"

Reorder/Resize the window sent when requesting the choice "Resume Deployment" for an image which did not start previously.
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Add support for CICS MP Domain

CICS Managed Platforms domain is where any CICS System or Task policy control blocks, counters, storage etc. is going to be. The IBM IPCS CICS VERBEXIT now formats the MP domain, but Fault Analyzer is suspiciously missing that info. Please update ...
almost 3 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support Genpkgid in Endevor Package RAM

Endevor allow the user to enforce naming standards for Endevor packages. The enforcement is done via coding the GenPkgid package exit. This exit is invoked at the time of packake creation . For the Package RAM the exit is not invoked. Moreover by...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 1 Not under consideration

Message metadata repository for IMS/TM

Actually there is neither a way to retrieve message metadata for typical IMS transactions in IMS TM Resource Adapter or IMS Enterprise Suite Connect API from an IMS controlled nor metadata source nor a way to retrieve such metadata from IMS Java a...
over 8 years ago in IMS System Services / General System 2 Not under consideration

Treat CPUTIME and COUNT in PROCLIM independent of each other in determining U240 Tran abend

Currently, a transaction can have a max time equal to the product of CPU-time-per-transaction and count as specified in the PROCLIM parm. This means that if the count needs to be adjusted for tuning purposes, it will have an impact to how long a l...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / Installation and Configuration 1 Not under consideration

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