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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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Enable to set local link option by each member including local cobol project in RD/z.

Our customer's request is allow the placement of both the main program and subprograms in the same package and allow the build to create the EXE and DLLS in that package. This will greatly reduce the number of packages which the customer will manage.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Provide a DFSORT utility on PC environment.

Our customer's request is to develop a DFSORT utility which can be executed on a PC, so that the testing of COBOL programs using DFSORT can be performed on a PC.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Require ability to generate BMS DSECT on mainframe

Current BMS map editing capability supports generation of DSECT only within IDE. As this is a system-generated artifact, we would prefer to generate using a batch job on mainframe after saving map macros into source control system. We wish to keep...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Remote synchronize - disable the synchronization

The Remote Synchronization of Local Projects with remote z/OS PDS members are enabled with a drop down menu, but the users are missing the function to disable the synchronization.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

XML to COBOL converter numeric conversion inefficient

The algorithm / code generated by Rational Developer for z Series to convert incoming XML data to COBOL numeric data types is inefficient. This is my understanding of the generated inbound (XML to COBOL) XML converter code: 1) Whenever the convert...
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 5 Not under consideration

PDS 'refresh' not working for anything except ISPF updates

Please see IBM issue 90060-227. This pertains to RDz client not recognizing updates to PDS members unless the update is done by TSO/ISPF. TSO/ISPF is the only thing that currently updates the "user data" area in the PDS directory, and that's appar...
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Not under consideration

BPXBATSL/RDZ should return meaningful/useful messages.

Have BPXBATSL/RDS return meaningful/useable or valid messages when security issues are present.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Display Cobol tables and PL/I arrays, single dimension & multi-dimension like native language in the RDz Monitor window

Take a 3 dimensional Cobol table that looks like this:01 TABLE1. 02 TABLE1B OCCURS 2 TIMES. 03 SUB-TABLE OCCURS 3 TIMES. 05 SUB-TAB-ID PIC XXX. 05 REC-FORMAT OCCURS 75 TIMES. 07 SEG-IND PIC X. 07 SEG-ID PIC XXX. 07 ADDR-OF-SEG POINTER.When I monit...
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Need to password popup when after wrong password entered

Customer need to have password popup functionality when after wrong password entered on RDz's data tools. (Database development perspective). Once the user typed wrong password, and after tries 3times, the userid will revoke. When, wrong password ...
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Not under consideration

<JOBNAME> system variable not documented

<JOBNAME> system variable not documented
almost 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Documentation 4 Not under consideration

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