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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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Encrypt the traffic between the TOS Server and Mainframe OSA-ICC cards

IRS would like to ask if the TPF lab would consider encrypting the traffic between the TOS Server and Mainframe OSA-ICC cards. Currently it is not-encrypted (its on the LAN, not the WAN, its local traffic only). But we’re being asked to verify tha...
11 months ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Operations Server 1 Future consideration

Code review in batch for a pipeline so slow that it can't be used

I've set up and been configuring AKGCR, Code Review, in batch to be used in our cobol pipeline.On zos we are using idz 14.2.1 and on the client we are using 14.2.1.1When I submit my jcl it takes a couple of minutes to complete, even though it is a...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 1 Future consideration

JZOS file/stream classes should implement Closeable for try with resources

JZOS file and stream classes, such as ZFile should implement Closeable to support try with resources.
over 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Support Applicationgroups in LTP

Description:It should be possible to add or delete complete application groups in the LTP. We need the same support for application groups in LTP as in CP (Add Group / Delete Group) Use case:Currently I can only add or delete a single occurrence i...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Time-Dependency-Flag in LTP

So it should be possible to display and change the time dependency flag for an operation in LTP. A single letter field with Y/N that can be changed in addition to the operation IA that could already be modified in the LTP. Use case:When we want to...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Modify the workstation of operations in the LTP

We want to have the option to modify the workstation when adding an application into the LTP. So we can use the same methods in LTP as in CP. Use case:Very often we get requests like: 1. Plan the application X for date Y. Only the jobs 10 to 12 sh...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Rendering Name filter results is very slow in Show In > Data Elements view

The Name filter is very slow when a program has a lot of variable. There should be an option to turn the key press listener off and only re-render the list when the Enter key is pressed.
over 9 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Future consideration

SSL refresh command for CICS Liberty

When a new cert is added to the keyring, we have to manually cycle the jvms for each of our cics regions. We need a way to either automatically update the cert cache for the liberty jvms or run a CICS command to refresh the jvm cert cache.
almost 2 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 1 Future consideration

Enterprise Cobol - Support for concatenation operator &

We want the "&" concatenation operator, as described in the ISO COBOL standard, to be supported by the IBM Enterprise Cobol compiler.This operator must be able to be used everywhere where a literal is authorized:- declaration of a VALUE in a d...
over 3 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Future consideration

Continue commenting when inserting a line break within a comment

Hi IBM, when you edit a comment in a COBOL source in the COBOL editor and you hit ENTER (aka you insert a new line), the new line should be automatically a comment line. At the moment, the cursor is being positioned on the beginning of the text in...
over 4 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 1 Future consideration