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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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G?n?ration de niveau 88

Bonjour, Pour am?liorer la lisibilit? des programmes Cobol, serait-il possible de g?n?rer des niveaux 88 (condition) ? partir des Rubriques d?clar?es au Dictionnaire ? Pour cela, il faudrait pouvoir associer au niveau -D des Rurbriques, pour chaqu...
over 12 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 5 Not under consideration

RDZ JES job filtering

extend the capabilities in RDz to provide a JES filter that supports the functionality currently found in SDSF. DA OJOB is not supported and is often used to provide a current list of active jobs
over 12 years ago in z/OS Explorer / Client 4 Not under consideration

StandaloneHOD support when javaws becomes deprecated/removed.

This is a request to have the StandAloneHOD in PCOMM to continue to work after java web start is deprecated/removed.
about 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Not under consideration

ADCD Sample JCL / Procs for Compile/Link, Assembly, etc.

Provide a set of sample JCL and Procs associated with the ADCD z/OS version for use to Compile/Link programs Document libraries associated with installed subsystems (DB2, MQ, CICS, IMS, etc)
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Ablity to display HLL/WB's annotation on analyze client UI

Analyze client can display HLL/WB's IPO programs with annotations that are collected by HLL/WB Data Collector.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

HLL/WB Data Collector

AD can import HLL/WB's IPO information into AD Catalog.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

HLL/WB preprocessor support

AD preprocessor support can manage HLL/WB IPO processing for both COBOL and PL/I.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

DFHSM Multi-Cluster enhancement

DFHSM multi-cluster for the MCDS currently uses key ranges that are associated to datasets on the system. I would like an enhancement to be developed in which DFHSM puts some type of dummy marker at the beginning and end of the additional clusters...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

monitor the perfromance of programs in one task

Current, CICS create one performance monitor record for each task. User can't drill down into performance of each program used in this task. eg. the CPU time of each program in this task. Customer wants CICS write performance data for each program...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

add purgethresh for MXT queue

Add a new SIT that can control the queue length of transactions who are waiting for MXT like purgethresh in Tranclass.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration