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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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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

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....
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

ISPF ONLY command

"ONLY" EDIT-macro delivered with ISPF. ONLY works exactly as a EXCLUDE ALL followed by a FIND <needle> ALL. SISPSAMP library in member ISRONLY. ONLY string | EXCLUDE string? to show or exclude lines with string in their name
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Data Type HEX

Please add data type HEX. DECLARE FIELD_1 HEX(6); Other compilers support this data type natively, for example Assembler. FIELD_1 DS X
over 3 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Reentrant check fails when labels in an RSECT are used to map dynamic (writable) storage

When using the label of a field defined in an RSECT to map some other (writable) area of storage pointed to by a register, the reentrancy check is applied. This causes message "ASMA036W" to be issued even though there is no reentrancy violation. A...
over 3 years ago in IBM High Level Assembler for z/OS and z/VM / Assembler 1 Not under consideration

Add EXTERALNAME to all IVP databases to create better catalog entries

Add the EXTERNALNAME keyword to all the IVP databases so they have good application names for the COBOL SQL feature of IMS v13
almost 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

IMS output message flood control

IMS has already a flood control for input messages. This covers the most common cases of message flooding in IMS. Even if mass insertion of output messages is very unusual, it is as ciritical to the system stability as mass insertion of input mess...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 2 Not under consideration

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

z/OS Connect 3.x support of Kerberos

As part of a Proof of Concept for outbound connectivity form z/OS to distributed platforms, Morgan Stanley is evaluating the capabilities of z/OS Connect EE v3.0. Our primary use case is to enable COBOL programs running under z/OS batch to invoke ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration