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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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Move WGTA tables above the 2g Bar

Request is to move the WGTA tables above the 2g bar in order to free up valuable space below the BAR Current allocation is 1.4 million entries today .
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Not under consideration

Internally Indexed RDS Tables within SAzOS

The Systems Automation(SAzOS) tool would greatly benefit from being able to support Table data that is Internally Indexed. Currently the CREATE sub-function within INGRDS does not support creating tables that are internally indexed. There needs to...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 2 Future consideration

XLF: Compiler should detect and isolate the source of non-conforming Openmp code using local pointers for data maps.

SalesForce Case: TS001878905PMR: 80808,227,000 The use case reproducer for this issue is an OpenMP Fortran implementation that uses local, temporary pointers to do data mapping. The implementation does not conform to the OpenMP spec but the compil...
over 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / Fortran 2 Not under consideration

Include MQ as subsystem in zd&t capture tool

The tool now contains subsystem capture, currently only CICS & DB2 are defined MQ would be a great addition.
over 5 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 2 Not under consideration

Use of "Bypass extent checking function " for DEDB Access to improve performance under many parallel I/Os on the same AREA

Our customer's systems are experiencing lock timeout issues and have seen DASD response times increase during certain times of high transaction rates.About over 100 FP areas from each of the three data sharers have been consolidated and updated wi...
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 29 Future consideration

XLF: Support for Fortran 2008 feature move_alloc

The feature is described in section "5.3 Allocatable components of recursive type" from the Fortran 2008 summary document available at https://wg5-fortran.org/N1801-N1850/N1828.pdf and appended here: A recursive type is permitted to be based on al...
over 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / Fortran 1 Planned for future release

XL: Support linking objects compiled with clang++ and xlc or xlf that use OpenMP GPU offloading

SalesForce Case TS001968579PMR 82483,227,000 XLF compiler: Errors linking objects compiled with clang++ and xlc or xlf that use OpenMP GPU offloading. LLNL is having problems linking objects that were compiled using the clang++ (LLVM) and XLF (or ...
over 5 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

Graphic flow chart - Missing information on arrows

Graphic flow chart - Some information are missing from this flow chart (branches on IF or WHEN COBOL orders). It is then necessary to look into the Source Code of the program to understand the graph. Add information on the graph to display the mea...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Impact Reports - Incorrect management of Occursed data during the impact analysis

Incomplete management of data with REDEFINES and OCCURS clauses in COBOL pgm when generating the Impact Analysis Report. This happens when the impact analysis is performed on the occursed variable, and if this variable is also a REDEFINE of a set ...
over 5 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Keep HOD icons size and space in between the same as HOD 11

The default icon and the space between the icons on HOD v1302 is too big compare to HOD v11. Users have 23 icons have to click on arrow to switch the screens which is not convenience. We have got a lot of complains. Deepak Bohra from HCL has helpp...
over 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

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