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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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Hebrew/BIDI support for RDz JCL Editor

There is no BIDI support for the RDz JCL editor.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 4 Not under consideration

Mécanisme "vue C2" sur écrans -Gx en particulier -GG sur Segment

Bonjour,La grille de saisie des fiches -Gx de RPP ne reproduisent pas le m?canisme "vue C2" de leur ?quivalent Pacbase.Ceci est fort pr?judiciable lorsqu'un colonnage pr?cis doit ?tre respect?, comme c'est le cas dans la description des ordres SQL...
almost 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Mise à disposition d'un micro-pattern équivalent opérateur Langage Structuré Pacbase SWH

Bonjour, L'op?rateur Pacbase "SWH" (clause SQL WHENEVER) n'a pas ?t? r?conduit sous forme de micro-pattern dans RPP. Ce micro-pattern est utilis? dans des macros-structures Pacbase, (ou en code sp?cifique). Il devrait figur? sous forme de micro-pa...
almost 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 3 Not under consideration

Micro-pattern appel d'artefact COPYBOOK

Bonjour, Avec la version 9.1.1 de RPP est apparu l'artefact "COPYBOOK" (qui est l'instanciation d'une commande GCD Pacbase). Dans un monde purement Pacbase, les COPYBOOK g?n?r?s par GCD ne pr?sentaient pas d'int?r?t pour le d?veloppement de progra...
almost 10 years ago in Rational Programming Patterns 4 Not under consideration

Routing algorithm should be able to be customized

In BOC, they have 16 AOR regions. However, due to DB2 timeout, 14 AOR regions got transaction dump, and no new workloads are routed to those AOR regions. Most of the transactions are routed to the 2 AOR regions, and quickly the 2 AOR regions are i...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Update to CICS Transaction Dump processing to remove QR TCB constraint

Writing to the CICS Transaction Dump data sets is currently done under the QR TCB. This can sometimes be a long running operation, and can hold the QR TCB for some time. Could CICS be enhanced to offload this processing to another TCB?
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

"Show Expanded Source" should also cater for "REPLACE" statement

The new feature "show expanded source" in RDz 9.1.1 client, should also cater for the COPY REPLACING statement in the program source, otherwise it will cause parse error after expanded the copybook, and lot of feature will then be disabled, e.g. p...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

RDz enhancement for JES job comparison

RDz v9.1.1 client has the new feature to compare JES joblog. We want this feature to be enhance to support comparison on selecting one or more steps.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Linkable Bridge : DFHL3270 in router region to DPL under unique Tranid other than CSMI

Currently the Linkable Bridge module DFHL3270 when running in a router region will DPL to the AOR under the default mirror transaciton CSMI. This can make monitoring, isolating, and controlling linkable bridge requests difficult if not impossible....
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Choose to show only direct resources used by a program/transaction or all resources

In the plug-in today you can ask to view "Uses resources" against a transaction. This currently returns and show both the direct resources used and the indirect resources used by that transaction. By indirect we mean if the transaction starts or r...
almost 10 years ago in CICS Interdependency Analyzer for z/OS / Explorer 3 Not under consideration