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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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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...
over 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...
over 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.
over 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 ?
over 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.
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use ECB Resource Monitor to prevent input list shutdown

Create two new resources that the ECB Resource monitor will follow only when the system is in input list shutdown:.1) CPU milliseconds used since the input list shutdown condition2) Number of VFA accesses since the input list shutdown condition.Wh...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

COBOL Program navigation using keyboard shortcuts.

Add functionality to the LPEX editor to allow users to use keyboard shortcuts to jump to COBOL paragraphs as well as jumping back to the parent paragraph.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

EXEC CICS ENQ should conform to CICS standards

All the assembler EXEC CICS commands will generate a LENGTH(=AL2(L'FROM_AREA)) for you if you leave the length off, and the area is not a register such as: FROM(0(,R5)) And in every case I have seen where the length doesn't get supplied automatica...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Support to execute system command in TxSeries

I received one call from one China bank customer. They want to execute some unix commands inside TxSeries. The similar requirement from other bank who want to run batch from TxSeries. This is a common requirement.
over 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

IMS should not issue RESTART command error messages until it is actualy read to accept another RESTART command.

IMS should not issue RESTART command error messages until it is actualy read to accept another RESTART command.This makes it much simpler for automation to handle, in that it can react to the error message and issue a ( corrected ) RESTART command...
over 11 years ago in IMS System Services / System Restart 2 Not under consideration

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