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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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Print out the EGL source code with execution order

The customer migrated from CSP to EGL using VAGen and found the source code is generated by function name order instead of execution order. The customer asks if RBD can provide the feature: Print out the EGL source code with execution order.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

More explicit error messages

When an error message can reference several differnent causes it needs to be more explicit.
almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Display the program name/load module in the section title

Certain report sections contain information related to a load module but you have to read the section to know which one
almost 11 years ago in Fault Analyzer for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Keep the dymanic temporary templatePF6/RunTemp in memory until the panel is exited

The goal of this is to allow the end user to refine his selection criteria without having to enter the complete selection again
almost 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Integrate the allocation of FMNEXEC file in File Manager

Even though the DD is used by the tool when advanced fonctions are in use the DD is not generated (as is the case for templates)
almost 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

 EXTEND CEDA CHECK LIST Command like GRPLIST syntax

Description: Extend CEDA CHECK Command to allow values like in GRPLIST OPTION in DFHSIT. LIST Values should be specified also with + sign and * like documented in CICS System Definition Guide.
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

File Manager - Unable to see Entry details for IAM files

File Manager is unable to show IAM files Entry Details.It works with VSAM but not with IAM.
almost 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Is a defect

Quiesce of RLS dataset can be held up by a single healthy CICS region

If a CICS region's QR TCB is dominated by 1 or more application transactions in yielding loops, and the transaction priorities of the application transaction(s) are higher than 1, then that CICS region can not respond to a dataset quiesce request ...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

MIXED=YES support

IBM Output Manager doesn't support a DB2 parameter MIXED=YES. I faul into this DBCS gab! At the installation, I added SBCD to each CHAR field, but at the archive process didn't worked correctly. I got wrong date/time value and SQL errors.
about 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Convert tab to x'05' when copying data from notepad to LPEX editor

When we copy some statements in word document or notepad to the LPEX editor which contains some "tab", it will become the x'05' characters once saving it to host. It will lead to syntax error and hard to identify the problem. Could LPEX editor be ...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration