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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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AOR/FOR handshake to obtain remote file attributes

This request is an addition to RFE 42407 (to which I've also added a comment. There should be a "handshake" between an AOR/FOR to permit AOR's to obtain needed operational paramaters for a remote file (such as RECORDSIZE, KEYLENGTH, etc) thus remo...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

All searching criteria should be listed as dropdowns in CARMA-Endevor

RDz used to populate the Endevor stage as a dropdown in CARMA filter. However, the dropdown list is not 100% accurate since Endevor stage code is not unique (Endevor stage name is). IBM recently release a fix that make the Endevor stage a free-for...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 3 Not under consideration

CEDA allows installation of a TCPIPService or URIMap with an invalid certificate

Under CICS 670 and 680, if a certificate is added to the CICS keyring and the region using that keyring is NOT cycled nor issues the SSL REBUILD (available in 680 and later) command, CEDA allows for successful installation of a TCPIPService or URI...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Resource availability in CPSM with 3270 transactions.

CPSM has the ability to detect if a resource (transaction, file, etc...) as long as the transaction is non-terminal attached. For any terminal attached transaction CPSM does not have the ability to detect if the resource is available or not in the...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

We woul like more than 10 pickup syslibs

When specifying Compiler Options, and Additional Syslibs we would like to be able to specify more than 10 pickup syslibs. We need more than 10 for our installation.
almost 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

User mods needed for APA

Product : Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS Base12.1.0 Component ID: 5655W7100 We have made changes to APA as suggested by the Customization guide. I don't see any provided user mods.Some of the changes we made and would like to have in us...
almost 11 years ago in Application Performance Analyzer for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enhance JES to support Eclipse Desktop Alerts functionality

Please enhance RDz for JES job submission/completion events to generate a desktop alert which is supported in Eclipse. Please see related link, use case, and attached. Link: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/Notifications
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

User Credential sharing/centralization as in PD Tools Studio

Hello,I found this RFE from 2012 that describes a similar feature request:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=20282 To make RDz much more comfortable, it would be an idea, to have a Login-Sharing or Credential ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 4 Not under consideration

Carma, retrieve component using Extract to... gets the extension of the Endevor type instead of the PDS type

Carma, retrieve component using Extract to... gets the extension of the Endevor type instead of the PDS type The problem is that the developer can not properly use extensions.A retrieved component from Carma using Extract to... does not have the e...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Add support for C/C++ in Software Analyzer feature for default RDz

RDz out of the box does not provide support for C/C++ in the Software Analyzer rules. However, if you install RDAixLinux, then you do get some analyzer rules. However, some of those rules are specific for the POWER processor. I would prefer some t...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration