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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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Include a new parameter in FMN2POPT to allow the default setting of the concurrency clause for File manager for DB2 to be set

Allow setting of the concurrency parameter system wide via the install table FMN2POPT. Currently this is set at "1. No with clause" but we would prefer to set this to "0. Uncommitted read" across the system.
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Notification of compile results

Is there any way to get a notification of the results of the compile? Or could we get a Locate Job when run in batch mode?
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Environment name default to a user specified choice

Is it possible to get an environment name to default to an environment of our choice?
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Additional component for BATCH job statistics stored in TDS on an SMF interval basis per job instead of only one per job

We daily upload the SMF data into TDS but were wondering if there's any table containing the resource consumption of these batch jobs on an interval base. We would expect to find this data in the MVSAC_JOBADDR1_T table as this one contains all the...
over 11 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Planned for future release

More granular parts as result of WSDL service skeleton creation

When creating a EGL service skeleton from a WSDL file it would be much better to have EGL files for each separate part (records and data items). The separate parts should not be combined together in a small number of large files (without knowing w...
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

Display File Pool Status

Today to have a status of the pool directories we have the following entries:ZDFPC for the count and the current directory.ZRECP DISPLAY POOL for the directory ranges.For a complete view of all the sections we need a lot of entries and we can not ...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Not under consideration

Better way to copy records without having connections between them

As described in PMR#50724,211,788, there is a problem with passing array variables to functions. Even when these variables are copied to another record, there is still a link with the original array until this array is initialized. Thanks to Mark ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Sequence number setting should be set globally instead of individually

We would like to change the sequence number setting on a global level. Currently, if you go to Window > Preferences > LPEX Editor > System z LPEX Editor- Sequence Numbers and check "Enable Sequence Number Handling", it allows users to set...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

RDz enhancement in ease of use by combining Remote preprocessing and remote syntax check tasks.

In Rdz we make use of remote processing.Developers will always have to carry out two mandatory tasks of Remote Preprocessing and Remote Syntax Check. We would appreciate if the two tasks are joined as one task seen from a developers perspective. T...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Context Menu Customization

Provide the ability to remove or inactivate selected options from the context menus.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 2 Not under consideration

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