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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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RDz - Software Analyzer enhancements

Is it possible to report on: - #lines in code - % of comments in code - % of duplication of coding patterns
over 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Use the Java already installed on the system

Support particular versions of Java, such as 7.0 31bit, or 6.0.1 64bit, etc, and as such, allow the use of the instance of Java already installed in the system.
over 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Not under consideration

IBM Explorer for z/OS to have multiple concurrent connections for a category

Request that the Host Connections view of IBM Explorer for z/OS permit multiple concurrent host connections to be active within a connection category. Currently, if a connection is shown as successful within a category, then during an attempt to c...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

IBM Explorer for z/OS to accept connection states via other product plug-ins

Host connection state changes within IBM Explorer for z/OS are currently established manually via the Host Connections view. Request that product plug-ins which can establish host connections independently of the Host Connections view be able to "...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

Control the number of DFHAP1900 messages

With the CTS 5.1 we have a valuable feature: Log of SPI - activities. But a central application must work with ... taname FEPI SET NODE(AZP050) USERDATA(KN03) RESP... ... the FEPI SET command. With round about 600.000 messages per CICS and day we ...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Is a defect

Exporter les instances RPP dans un fichier .xmi grâce à la commande rpp.bat

Bonjour, Sous Eclipse, nous avons aujourd'hui la possibilité d'exporter les instances d'un repository RPP dans un fichier xmi en cliquant droit sur ce dernier > Export. Il faudrait permettre d'obtenir le même résultat via une commande du rpp.ba...
over 5 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 1 Not under consideration

Performance improvements for CICS Webservices Assistant

We use the CICS Webservices Assistant to generate wsdl and wsbind files for legacy mainframe applications. Some of these legacy applications use complex and large structures.This results in complex and large wsdls.Generation of a wsbind for such a...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

Improve Storage Violation detection

Current CICS storage violation detection is inadequate.Check-zones (even with CSFE CHKSTSK), TRANISO, STGPROT, and SSRANGE only protect some storage.Often, they do not protect against:- An application using storage that it has FREEMAINed- An appli...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Make RDz can install PDTools plugin via P2

Now we cannot install PDToosl plugin to RDz via P2, it must be installed via IM. We want RDz to support P2 installation for PDTools.
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

CTGSMFRD provided pre-compiled

All z/OS customers have COBOL compiler installed but not all have C compiler. Could a pre-compiled CTGSMFRD (SMF viewer sample CTGSMFRD) provided with the product or with a support-pack?
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Future consideration