DCR (was: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1954)

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I appreciate your frustration with Herring's answer.  We don't always 
get the answers we want.

I filled out a DCR months ago for a minor nuisance.  Finally got a phone 
call that basically said, "You're right.  We'll put it in the next 
release."  (Not a PTF, which I thought would have been easy enough to 
do, but obviously wasn't as much of a nuisance to Rochester). 

The DCR that Rob was suggesting would be much more far reaching than the 
one I submitted.  And probably quite a bit more trouble (for you and the 
Lab).  But if you don't submit a DCR or a requirement to COMMON, it 
probably won't get changed and you won't have any right to bitch at the 
Open Mike session at COMMON (or wherever you choose to make your stand). 


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Steve Richter wrote:
> On 9/27/07, rob@xxxxxxxxx <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > 1 - Please change your subject line.  One reason I do not read in Digest
> > form.
> >     
>
> fair enough. not sure what the subject is.  on a related note, would
> be great if people on this list would trim their email responses.  in
> gmail it is a hassle to scroll thru pages of garbage.
>
>
>   
> > 2 - Some of your concerns are not related to the languages team.  It's the
> > database team, out of Rochester, that writes the precompiler.  I assume
> > you are noting a lack of the imbedded sql not being able to read a result
> > set.  And, not talking about using SQL-CLI (which can) in RPG.
> > What happened when you submitted a DCR at:
> > https://www-912.ibm.com/r_dir/ReqDesChange.nsf/Request_for_Design_Change?OpenForm
> >
> >     
>
> I asked Jim Herring in a recent iSociety chat if v6r1 would have long
> object name support. he answered that was a good idea, but would wait
> for Common to suggest it.  I thought that was a dodge of an answer.
> Couple that with the news that Hans, very smart, highly trained and
> experienced, commited to the platform was given crap assignments and
> quit his job.   I see a dcr as a waste of time.
>
> -Steve
>