On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 09:35:49 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:

>Allan Staller wrote:
>
>>This typically happens (in my experience) when a single ISPPROF dataset is 
>>shared across multiple images (last update wins).
>
>True, last one wins always. This is WAD, not BAD.
> 
ISPF Edit nicely serializes member updates.  ISPF seems unable to do likewise
with ISPPROF.  I call that BAD.

Should there  be more metadata for accountability?  Would PDSE member
versions help?

>>A)Code/install ISPF EXIT 16 to change the name of the ISPPROF dataset being 
>>used to something image specific.
>
>This is what I did. No problemo anymore with unneeded ISPPROF dsn changes by 
>LPAR specific applications.
> 
Ouch!  So profile changes on a "master" system remain invisible on subordinate 
systems?

Perhaps more control should be given to the user, such as a confirmation prompt 
at
LOGOFF: "Do you want to save or discard profile changes?"

-- gil

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