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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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Accept "out of range" values in the SET index statement

The "SET SET TO integer" statement does not accept out-of-range values relative to the index reference table.For example, the statement "SET index TO 0" triggers a warning and is automatically converted to "SET index TO 1" by the compiler. We thin...
over 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

CICS Explorer needs method to change password

Unable to change expired password when using CICS Explorer. A message is issued at the bottom of the window that the password is expired:"IZE0106E Connect failed with error "Password expired" (Winmvs A0 RW)" (Data in brackets is the name of the co...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 4 Not under consideration

Mac Analyse Client

Mac version of the Analyse Client
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Change HOD Environmentvariables to support combination of variables and fixed values

In PMR29300 the environment variable CachedClientDirectoryName has been changed to support values in a combination of variables and fixed values. Fix IT25758In this RFE we request the environment varialbeSaveto be changed in the same manner
over 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

OO COBOL support

OO COBOL support requested.
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

SWT COBOL support

SWT COBOL needs to be supported
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

EGL support required

EGL support required
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 1 Not under consideration

Create CSV files from File Manager Base

The File Manager/DB2 has the capability to generate a CSV file from a DB2 table. ISVs have the same capability to create a CSV file from another file. This RFE is a request to create a CSV File from a VSAM, sequential, or USS file.
over 6 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Notification on ended job

When submitting a jcl in rdz, I would like a notification when the job has finished. Some users may NOT want a nofitication so this behaviour shuold be controlled by a preference or by having as "submit with notification" menu option.
over 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

change the region pool,own share memory,task share pool to one sharememory segamentation.

Now,TXSeries application can use 0x5/0x6/0x7/0x8/0x9 total 1280G memory with CIPC_SHMBASE and LDR_CNTRL=MAXDATA setting.But with the business growth,app need more memory to use.Custumer want TXSeries to change the region pool,own share memory,task...
over 12 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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