Many ISVs and internal IBM developers have been aware of the pending change for a year or so.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS 2.3 preview announcement On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 06:16:18 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:43:25 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >>It [8 char TSO id] was discussed earlier this month in thread >>'Eight-character TSO Userid Support'. > >Yes. IIRC, someone said it ain't gonna happen. > Someone said more than 8 ain't gonna happen. (Specifically, Linux's 32 was mentioned.) Others mentioned that compatibility with existing use of the eighth character of user ID and DSN prefix could cause compatibility problems (no one seemed much concerned with UADS), and if the feature is optional many sites might choose not to enable it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
