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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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Allow the ability to separate intra-partition transient data queues into separate pools.

Allow the ability to separate intra-partition transient data queues into separate pools, assigned to separate VSAM data sets. These pools would allow fine tuning of transient data buffers, in order to favor high performance transient data queues, ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Non-3270 Transaction Routing over IPIC

IPIC currently supports the Transaction Routing but limits it to 3270 applications. This restriction should be removed to allow non-3270 transactions to be routed via the same wire format.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

CICS Certificate handling

The problem is the way that CICS as the Client deals with the Server certificates, when compared to how a browser Client handles the Server certificates. The customer sees that CICS when acting as a Client does not treat invalid Server certificate...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Please add CICSplex messages and abend codes to CMAC

Please incorporate the CICSplex messages and abend codes into CMAC facility.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

XPI call needed to switch from basespace to subspace.

Customer running CICS TS 3.1 and 3.2. OPENAPI TRUE BBOATRUE is getting an abendDC2. The abend is happening because the TRUE is getting control in Subspace instead of Basespace. The TRUE that has something to do with WOLA and zWAS . The TRUE is def...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

Extend Dynamic Library Support to Cataloged, Non-SMS Datasets (SHARE Requirement SSCICS08009)

DESCRIPT : We would like to use CICS/TS's dynamic library support but most of production load libraries are not SMS managed. This means we would have to leave them in the CICS JCL and using ranks less than 10 for the other load libraries. First, I...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

SPI command to list tasks that need to end before file can be closed.

Customer was trying to close a file, but it would not close. CICS checks if there are any current users active against the file before it will allow the close to complete. Operations requires an easy method of identifying which tasks are currently...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

Documented and Supported Interface into the CICS/TS Trace Formatting Routines

There is a need to supply a documented and supported interface into the CICS trace formatting routines. The interface will need the capability to be called either in a batch or on-line environment.
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

CICSPlex SM WUI. A message warning that the last resource of a group was deleted and a option to delete or not the group too.

When the last resource or component of some grouping is deleted, there is no message to inform this fact, e.g.: resource definitions in a resgroup, CICS system definitions in a CICS system group, etc. Customer has requested a message to inform thi...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 4 Not under consideration

CICS fails to provide First Failure Data Capture for an abend301

CICS failed to provide First Failure Data Capture for an abend301. CICS will never document that the original abend in a series of failures began with the abend301, and no messages or dumps will be produced for it. A very important piece of this s...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Not under consideration

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