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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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Zospt could customize the created region JCL

For now, zospt will provision a CICS region by build a customized JCL, however, some steplib like SDFJAUTH, and SCEERUN2 is not been required by BOC,they don't put them into the apf list, so that this will leads to a start up error.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 1 Not under consideration

Zospt provide the ability to maintain/manage existing systems

Zospt could extract the properties from the existing CICS or other systems and maintain this into a template or property file so that it could easily maintain the current system in case it been destroyed by exception.
over 6 years ago in z/OS Provisioning Toolkit / zospt utility 1 Not under consideration

reopen of ID: 109777

My understanding was that IBM was now going to work on developing a change to address ID: 109777 , RCT ID: 89883 , other ID: 105737 but have not seen any update to it regarding this statue change. I also added a new comment as base on further read...
over 6 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / Message Queue Management 3 Not under consideration

Different graphic presentation for API translation and direct way

AD has the API facility and show the relationship in such call graph. They use the same graphic presentation that will confuse user some.
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

AD Build to provide support for REXX

Support REXX and CLIST
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

PREPROCESSOR EXTENSIBILITY

PREPROCESSOR EXTENSIBILITY relies on source code and preprocessor code. Customer must specify the changes by line and column number. IBM has access to rational functions. The preprocessor extensibility can be done automatically by having a rationa...
over 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Support property "closeable" and event "onclose" for DojoDialog

The EGL Rich UI DojoDialog widget used to support the closeable property and the onclose event. These elements were removed by IBM at some point from the EGL DojoDialog wrapper.These are fundamental elements of a dialog dialog box, still fully sup...
about 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Planned for future release

SACK support on zTPF

Support TCP Selective Acknowledgement option (SACK)
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Improve ++INCLUDE preprocessor by setting variables IBM.OPTIONS through PL/I importer preferences

The PL/I Importer supports ++INCLUDE preprocessor if PP(INCLUDE('ID(++INCLUDE)')) compiler option is specified as the customer specified it on the remote. But it can not be specified in the preference (Windows -> Preferences -> Importer -&...
over 6 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Accept commands from service processor

zTPF should accept commands from the service processor. Under zVM, the CP SEND CP <zTPF guest> VINPUT VMSG <zTPF command> causes an error on the zTPF console: HCPPCX6531E The operating system will not accept commands from the service p...
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration