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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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Enhance Endevor Eclipse Functionality within RDz

Work with CA to enhance the endevor plug-in within RDz to absorb the CARMA functionality. Ability to eliminate the need for a developer to choose which interface to use for Endevor within RDz. Provide 1 access method.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Flexible USS FILTER

The current Application USS FILTER field is limited as the filter is basically the command string which can be truncated from the right. The filter should be enhanced to allow;1) full unix grepEg in filter define: grep [options] PATTERN2) standard...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Future consideration

GEO-494 (RABO Bank) GDPS should suspend mirroring after failing Hyperswap Resync

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Angela LabateSubmitters Company: Other Customer PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: GEO-494 (RABO Bank) GDPS should suspend mirroring after failing Hyperswap ResyncHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: GDPS/PPRC...
about 9 years ago in GDPS 2 Not under consideration

A lot of SMF80 records are wrriten when IMS CHNG call by not-signed-on users.

A similar option to AUTHLOG parameter is required for the customers of the CHNG call by not-signed-on users. In our customer's case, almost a million of SMF80 records were written a day, when LTERMs or TRANSACTIONs are not defined to RACF. Since t...
about 9 years ago in IMS System Services / System Management 0 Not under consideration

z/TPF support for Link Time Optimization

GCC compiler support for Link Time Optimization was announced in October 2014. We would like to utilize that support to improve run-time performance of TPF applications writen in C/C++.
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Not under consideration

Allow HourGlass to accept a Date a number of days ahead or back

Hourglass allows you to specify a date plus or minus a number of years from the current date.I need to have this ability to specify a date plus (or minus) a number of days, this number should be 3 digits to allow for upto a year (although 999 woul...
about 9 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add new WTOPC User Exit to allow special WTOPC SVC monitoring

Require a WTOPC CP cedi.cpy User Exit to monitor WTOPC's issued at high rates. User exit must be called with the WTOPC Reconstructed Plist area completed.
about 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

Report an error when 'GENERATED_XML_DATA' is passed not supported hex values

The reply data from the business application, if it contains like x'05' the process ‘GENERATED_XML_DATA' does not return the business data in the output part nor is an error reported.
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 8 Not under consideration

CICS should support Product Registration via IFAPRDXX

Customer would like to disable or enable CICS/TS execution on a specific LPAR using IFAPRDXX
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic timeout value CICS Web Service

Pass timeout value to pipeline dynamically to control the time max used to conduct the business application part of the web service. (dtimeout)
about 9 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration