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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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CICS task storage High Water Mark (HWM)

CICS maintains a storage HWM. If a particular txn is processing a mixed workload (e.g. small and large messages within the same MQ Q), we have observed the effect a large message has on the amount of storage acquired by CICS on behalf of each subs...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Not under consideration

Route to Local in CICS Cloud

In the world of CICS Cloud where we have Platforms and Applications, can we ensure that if there are viable AORs on a given LPAR (which reeceived the original message from an external source), CICS/CPSM will 'route to local' and only revert to XCF...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Session busy when using LINK

Using the DTP protocol, it's possible to allocate a session before the conversation (multiple SEND/RECEIVE pairs)is started. If there are no sessions available, the allocate returns a SESSION BUSY response and the code then has the choice of waiti...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

Expiry of CICS queued requests within the dispatcher queue(s)

A CICS region often has to queue requests because of resource constraints e.g. max tasks has been reached. In order to minimise the risk that a CICS will go SoS, it would be good if any given queued item has a finite lifespan. If the dispatcher de...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to update the web services and Integration Objects default Java package

When generating the Web Service support files, all new Java classes go under the "webservicesclasses" package. Integration Objects all go into the "IntegrationObjects" folder. There is no option in the workbench HATS preferences to change the defa...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 6 Not under consideration

add a program interface for tran HGCB function

Provide a program interface for HGCB function.HGCB refreshes the hourglass time by reading new TIME= and DATE parm from AGGDATE DD.We need a program interface so that a user transaction(not HGCB) can link an HourGlass program to refresh the hourgl...
almost 11 years ago in IBM HourGlass for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow CRUISE to reallocate TPFDF database primes using Capture / Restore procedure

To reduce pool chaining in a highly accessed TPFDF database we would like to reallocate the prime records from their 1K face type to a 4K face type.The CRUISE RESTORE can only restore records to the original FARF addresses used by the CAPTURE proc...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Delivery of JAVA - drivers without Eclipse dependency (= NO Zwangsguifizierung!)

Including CTS 4.2, the JAVA-driver transactions JHE1 and JHE2 have been implemented without dependency to the CICS - Explorer / Eclipse. With CTS 5.1 you need PC - Tools. This is not good and should be changed as soon as possible!
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Make some BINARY data types immune to TRUNC compiler option

Enterprise COBOL has four binary "USAGE"s. BINARY, COMP, COMP-4 and COMP-5.Compiler option TRUNC affects the code generated for these, except for COMP-5, which is always treated as COMP-5, whatever the setting of TRUNC.If I want to "divide by 10 a...
almost 11 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

Replacing the defaults values resource attributes

The CICS resource attributes defaults values are included in the CCM panels. Some of those values are different then our (company) values; to set our defaults we have to edit te panel-members in library SCCVPENU.Many of our developers use RDz/CICS...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Configuration Manager for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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