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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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Popup Window "Manage Licenses" stops RDz unexpectedly

RDz Version 9.0.1.0. In the "Manage Licenses" window RDz will be closed without any hint.A click on the "x" for closing window ends the complete RDz. By the focus pre assignment to "Leave Workbench" the whole RDz will be stopped with a "Return Cli...
about 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Not under consideration

ZOS Connect Pointer Support

We are evaluting zos connect in a POC and found, that it would be helpful to have pointer support, as we are dealing with a lot of pointers in our PL/1 programms.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Not under consideration

Listing typed structure without the elementary member

Provide the support of listing the typed structure without the qualified name of an elementary memberfor DEBUG TOOL in z/OS and with RDz. This is currently returning the value ???? from the monitorview. It is working if running on iDZ with the zPI...
almost 7 years ago in PL/I Compilers 2 Not under consideration

IMS Load instr @ DFSDOC10+CC has base & index registers reversed issue discovered while running ZAD

IMS Load instr @ DFSDOC10+CC has base & index registers reversed issue discovered while running ZAD
over 3 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Future consideration

Plugins needed to generate deployable Enterprise Service Tools artifacts

We are using the Enterprise Service Tools perspective from within IDz. We need a command line utility( java/batch) or preferably a Gradle plugin from IBM which can be used to generate the deployable artifacts on non Z/OS build system, preferably L...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Fix IBM JRE class redinition/retransformation

internal JTC Requirement (94991): The requirement is to 'Allow unloading ofall redefined classes except for the original (will be intermixed in theRAM/ROM segments with other classes) and the current'.Development team has agreed to analyse the fea...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Allow JCL Control Cards to be referenced by full DSN rather than member name only

A group within BNYM have been using Micro Focus Revolve for 20 years, and are evaluating replacing it with ADDI. An issue of great significance to them (and for which they got Micro Focus to change Revolve at some point) is the correct resolution ...
almost 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Requesting a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry.

Requesting IBM to allow for a clear of the ZBEVF usage and error stats via a functional entry. Today it's only cleared at IPL.
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

AD Analyze client showing repeated job steps in the job flow graph

The job flow graph shows has the steps repeated multiple times. After investigation it was found out that it is happening due to two reasons:1. Less details are presented on the jobflow graph by design (program name or dataset name is not shown by...
over 3 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Future consideration

RDz Add functionality to associate Property Group to CARMA Endevor Element being opened in browse/read-only mode

With the RDz CARMA Endevor integration, we have added the functionality to resolve copybooks/dependencies from Endevor and/or property group. However, when opening an Endevor element in browse/read-only mode, you do not have the capability to asso...
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

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