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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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Make the SHUTDWN parameter of MSGQUEUE macro overridable

Make the SHUTDWN parameter of the MSGQUEUE macro overridable with a new parameter in the DFSPBxxx proclib member or in any other proclib member
over 8 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 1 Not under consideration

Update QueryEnq service to return a unique identifier (ASID or JOBID)

The QueryEnq service is great for returning ENQ information for one or more resources, but the returned data is not complete. The JobName in particular is not sufficient to identify a single job, TSO user or STC. The QueryEnq service should be enh...
over 8 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Not under consideration

HACP EE Key Mapper - There is no Key Repetition tab to turn it on or off.

When editing a dataset or program or on a CICS screen, holding down the tab or New Line key does not continuously proceed to the next line or editable value. (You must keep pressing the key to go down the page.) In HACP EE key mapper, there is no ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

Unable to create macros that are mapped to a hot key.

Mapping keys to Macro functionality is present in HACP EE whereas Menu Command execution is not yet supported in HACP EE. This RFE is being opened per HACP EE Development Team request.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

HACP EE 2.2 - Unable to copy and save 3270 sessions

Unable to copy and save 3270 sessions. This RFE is being opened per HACP EE Development Team request.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

EQQSOPGD Panel Member parm for level restrictions

For the EQQSOPGD panel update, would like to see something as simple as a parameter update or more complicated, such as different levels of complexity (nesting detail) based on userid or something security related (there is already the ADEP f...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

AD Build Decisions for PL/I source code

See PMR number 31216 999 624:We are using Application Discovery Build Client to build AD projects for applications (mainly) written in PL/I. I noticed the 'Decisions' feature in the Build Client is not supported for PL/I source code, only for COBO...
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

ADDRESS OF data items in FILE SECTION

Support the special register ADDRESS OF for data items defined in the FILE SECTION. Special Registers - ADDRESS OFhttp://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.1.0/com.ibm.cobol61.ent.doc/PGandLR/ref/rllanadd.html
over 8 years ago in COBOL Compilers 12 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6 - Problems of association between source lines and instruction addresses for the inlined paragraphs

We found several issues regarding the assignment of an address to a source line or paragraph name at the level of inlined PERFORM (options INLINE and OPTIMIZE(1|2) ). This creates problems for debugging: trace, dump analysis, performance analysis,...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 9 Not under consideration

VM/Linux session support within a CLSS session

VM/Linux session support on the CL/Supersession Menu
over 8 years ago in IBM CL/SuperSession for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration