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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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IMS and DB2 Stored Procedures nformation in ADI

Provide a method to get IMS and DB2 SP information into ADI.

Add ability to add External Compare tool for bit compare with IDz/RDz

Add ability to add an external tool to do a bit compare using RDz.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 1 Not under consideration

Combine GDPS 4-site and A/A controlling LPAR support

 Requesting the extension of GDPS support for a GDPS/Active-Active environment that will be integrated with the existing GDPS/MGM 4-site environment. This support allows running the GDPS/Active-Active controller functions on existing controlling ...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Améliorer le temps de génération local des très gros programmes

Lors d'une génération local en COBOL d'un gros programme (exemple chez ESP. bib. DMR serveur MRV011 un peu moins de 100000 lignes COBOL...) la génération prend environ 1 minute 30 secondes à 2 minutes sur nos postes. Ceci est gênant car à chaque m...
over 7 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 2 Is a defect

changing the console log files destination directory

EPO needs to write console log messages in a specific directory in a /log File System with enough space and not in the /var TXSeries region directory.
almost 4 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

Add feature to PLI and COBOL Custom Rules API to get text associated with a node

Add to the COBOL or PLI custom rule API a way to check for the existence of a statements or text and then if it exists, list it as a string or block.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Enhance preprocessor support of pli-syntax-parser in RDz

Not all preprocessor-statements are recognized by the syntaxparser of the PLI-Editor in RDz, although theses Statements can be compiled and are valid.
over 7 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Not under consideration

Identify Code Affinities

We are in the middle of trying to carve out a large segment of work load and move it to another enterprise complex. The ability to identify affinities in the application (across all programs) would a useful features.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Dynamic resizing of IMS buffers

Actually a dynamic management is only possible for IMS database buffers, but this would be helpful for a lot of other buffers as well in the case you have defined upper limits for these buffers to prevent a z/OS system from storage problems caused...
over 7 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 4 Not under consideration

Error Messages in CICS Explorer

Error Messages in CICS Explorer are too short and hardly reveal their cause
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration