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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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BUILD CLIENT LOG SHOULD HAVE DATE STAMP THAT INCLUDES SECONDS

I was asked to calculate how long a specific source code module took to build (compile) in build client and this information is a timestamp in whole minutes.I want to be able to list out:module name and number of seconds to compile
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 4 Not under consideration

Support a combination of RDz HLL/WB v9.5.1 with z/OS v1.10

Need to support a combination of RDz HLL/WB v9.5.1 with z/OS v1.10.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Install 1 Not under consideration

Compiling masks of numeric-edited data-item at runtime

In a system that has to manage several currencies, it might be interesting for performance reasons to be able to "compile" at runtime the masks of the numeric-edited data-items. Currently, if we want to manage several formatted numeric-edited fiel...
almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

File Manager should use SSAs with unsigned zoned decmial fields

File Manager/IMS batch functions will create SSAs for decimal fields. This is somewhat understandable, for binary or packed decimal fields. However, for unsigned zoned decimal fields (PIC 9999), an SSA would improve performance dramatically. Recen...
almost 12 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 6 Not under consideration

Request for JOB analysis function extention

A function to display a document describing the specification of the job corresponding to the selected job.
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Request for TWS analysis function extention

Ability to display the IWS job flow that ran on the specified date.
almost 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

In Debug Tool GUI the user would like to have a default view that shows the variable and the hex vaulue in one view

Variables and Monitors view should have a default Representation that would show both the rendered value and the hexadecimal representation.  Preferably separate columns for value and hex or possibly value followed by hex in the same column.
almost 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

request to indent code in COBOL editor like in Java editor

Currently LPEX and COBOL editor do not indent COBOL code automatically while typing like in Java editor. For example: - type a IF statement and press return key - cursor moves under the IF while it would be also useful to have it indented further ...
about 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Not under consideration

Map Generator of IDZ 14.1 for PLI truncates comments of fields used to build PLI structure names

IDZ 14.1 for PLI - Map Generator Comments of Fields in BMS Sourcefiles are truncated to 7 chars. Therefore structure names are limited to 7 chars. BMS Source-Files that have been used on z/OS to generate PLI Includes with SDF-II on z/OS. We know, ...
about 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Report CICS JVMServer GC CPU usage

FI  would like CICS to report the CPU cost of Garbage Collection in addition to the elapsed time.This could be added to the JVM server statistics if this is made available for the JVM as an MXBean field.Migrated from FITS MR0704115122
about 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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