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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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External File Handler with IBM COBOL on Windows

Can we have the EXTFH (SFS, DB2, ORACLE etc) support feature added to IBM COBOL on windows platform.  <br />The EXTFH with earlier releases of CICS/OS2 and CICS/Windows used BTRIEVE file system.    IBM COBOL shipped with ...
about 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement of PL/1 preprocessor

Two problems have been indentified in regards to the new hover information, added in RDz 8.5. When pointing at preprocessed pl/1 programs, the information is always correct. Please see the PMR for full details.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 3 Not under consideration

Application bundle issues with Transaction Profiles

While trying to setup application bundles in TS 5.1, I ran into a bit of a problem with Transaction profiles, and the 2 keywords within, that I need. ScreenSize: Alternate and... Upper case translate. Normally I just have my own sample PROFILE for...
about 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

RDz support fixed font size in Host Emulator

It would be very useful for Host Emulator to support fixed font size as PCOMM does.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 2 Not under consideration

ODBR multi processor enhancement for move & validation

Currently ODBR can run in only one processor in a multi processor complex. In our largest complex (PSS) we currently have 5.5 billion records. We would like to reorganize this database in a reasonable number of sessions. That will entail moving an...
about 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 5 Not under consideration

Run Code Coverage in batch as a part of CI with out having to compile with debug.

In order to run code coverage, we would have to compile with debug and then run the code coverage and recompile with debug turned off. Comiple with debug is not allowed in Test,Release evironments. we would like to run the code coverage without ha...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Ability to run static code analysis on the deltas(changes only) of the source file

There could many violations to the existing code and as a user trying to complete project in time, I would not have time to fix all the violations, that could imply more testing effort is required. As long as I dont introduce a violation, we shoul...
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

Metadata files, xml orcsv, to be consumed/post code coverage results to a dashboard.

Ability for customers to consume and post code coverage results to a dashboard. We do not have any metadata(xml, csv) files, similar to static code analysis, that could be consumed for dashboarding the results.
about 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Not under consideration

Region clustering

Can TXSeries regions clustered to make recycling more easier ?
about 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Permit editing/viewing of (H)istory table types

(H)istory table types are valid types within DB2 V10. However, File Manager DB2 does not recognize (H) as a valid type and subsequently returns an 'Object not found' condition.
about 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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