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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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Parameter to indicate the location of the DTCN repository

It would be nice to have a parameter (initparm for instance) to indicate where the DTCN repository (File or shared tsq) is located
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Add tape VSN in TSIO message

The customer has automation in place to sent informational message to individuals when a tape CC3 I/O type of error occurs. It would be helpful if that message included the tape VSN that was mounted on the drive to be included in themessage prefix...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 3 Not under consideration

Request of adding a "session-out" parameter for File Manager for z/OS DB2

Client's enviroment: z/OS 1.12, File Manager for z/OS V11R0, DB2 V10 . The client found that when there's a TSO user logon to the system, enter the panel of File Manager for z/OS DB2, run some of the utilities, and forget to logoff, after 30 minut...
over 11 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Ability to compare contents of JES queue SYSYOUT with other jobs

Provide the ability to compare SYSOUT from 2 jobs. SYSOUT would include JES* generated output (JESJCL, JESMSGLG) or program generated output.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Not under consideration

"Cancel button" when WUI hangs with 'BUSY' message.

Findings using the WUI and issuing a query which sends a request to a MAS that is experiencing problems such as MXT, SOS, or other severe problems will cause the WUI to hang until the request times out. Despite the parameters that let to determine...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Allow buffered tape writes to be queued in multiple 32K tape buffers

Our system has several applications that use TOUTC to write data to a buffered tape, and must therefore issue a WAITC. Normally this is not an issue as the data is simply moved from the application core to the tape buffer, however if the tape driv...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Not under consideration

RDz Software Analyzer Enhancements

In Software Analyzer Results under COBOL or PL/I Review tabs, provide ability to:1. Hover or right-click over violation2. Display a detailed description of the rule 3. Display "Bad Coding Example"4. Display "Good Coding Example" Also on a side not...
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Not under consideration

Enable in RDz Enhanced Edit (Quick Edit) for CA Endevor to view to execute remote syntax check on sources.

Enable in Rational Developer for System z Enhanced Edit (Quick Edit) for CA Endevor to view to execute remote syntax check on sources. Currently, for Enhanced Edit (Quick Edit) & Remote Syntax check this functionality has not been implemented....
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host/Distributed SCM Integration 2 Not under consideration

XRMIOUT exit invoked because of an EXEC DLI command issued by a program that was Cobol called needs a way to determine RSA

The situation: 1) The Initial Program of a CICS transaction, or a program that was invoked by EXEC CICS LINK or EXEC CICS XCTL, does a Cobol Call to invoke a ProgramB.2) This ProgramB does an EXEC DLI call.3) There is a Global User Exit program th...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 6 Not under consideration

Enhancements to the XA Resiliency feature

The XA resiliancy feature was introduced in TXSeries v6.2 to increase the up-time of TXSeries regions in the event of XA errors caused by resource manager failures. This feature mandates applications to handle resource specific errors. This can be...
over 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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