I remember working on a project which was told "you have to provide a GUI to make it easier to customize". A GUI was provided which made the easy bits easier, and left the hard bits unchanged. The GUI provided space for 1 VOLID - but most people needed multiple VOLIDs My suggestions to change the configuration JCL to use JCL symbols, and have these symbols in the DEFINE CLUSTER... etc was much easier to use, but did not meet the spec of providing a GUI. It ended up with the end user having to use the GUI, saving the JCL, then editing the JCL so it worked.
On Sat, 24 Sept 2022 at 15:26, Tom Longfellow < [email protected]> wrote: > I am agreeing with Brian on some of his points. I am viewing this issue > with 20+ years of hindsight. > > What I see is that z/OSMF development is following the same path as all of > the other 'lets get modern' projects. You pick the pretty GUI you like > and start applying that toolset against a currently working 'solved' > problem. Promising modernization according to latest hot topics in code > development. > Buzzwords come and go, languages come and go, software development kits > come and go ad infinitum. > > What tends to be forgotten are all the time and effort spent on building > the solution to the old solved problem. I can remember many discussions > here and elsewhere about ServerPac changes and difficulties that could > benefit by more development changes. > > Who remembers all the IBM and OEM 'assistance' products created to buffer > us poor feeble support teams from the evils of SMP or SMP/E. > > z/OSMF is just the latest way to 'dumb down' the complexities for the > masses. But then reality steps in. Somebody, Somewhere HAS to know > what has to happen when the rubber meets the road. And navigating from > the GUI through the stack of products to get to the Road is a long and > twisted path. > > IF (a big IF) you think the same way the GUI developer thinks, then life > can get smoother. Any attempt to repeat the processes that were repeatable > and have worked before will meet resistance. > > With the removal of old options like ServerPac and being forced to the new > paradigm of z/OSMF will eventually lead to a better z/OSMF tool. But lood > for years of development just like ServerPac needed to achieve its > popularity. > > [End of Rant ---- For Now] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
