[email protected] (Storr, Lon A CTR USARMY HRC , US) wrote: <snip>
I intend to build a test z/OS image to test my beliefs. If system-initialization functions as per my current beliefs, I don't see any reason why this site can't move forward. They would need to understand that certain tasks performed by CPP might be incomplete or erroneous but this is easily documented.
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"Incomplete" is of course literally true, but let me put it another way. ServerPac supports a subset of what's the system supports. As with a number of other flags, when you override the MCAT flag you should expect to have to do some additional work. In my view, the ServerPac team makes pretty good decisions about what to support for this particular flag. (A lot of the variations are unusual, as this very thread illustrates, and we have other things we can do that will yield broader benefits.)
Of course, if we've failed to support a common variation you and others should open a requirement to let the team know. Sometimes we don't have a perfect view of "what's really going on out there" and need to know that "everybody who's rational does that."
On the other hand, if you find a data set for which no additional setup is required marked MCAT=Y when it shouldn't be, I'd suggest opening a PMR to get that fixed. We shouldn't all try to live with "erroneous."
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