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PINNED Terminal emulator support on Docker image
Docker utility should support Functional Perspective test scripts. Slack Issue https://devops---testing.slack.com/archives/CGV8AAGCD/p1645022341509149

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ClearCase4Cds: check "checkedout but removed" files before check-in

In ClearCase Cadence integration, we are using ClearCase GUI to check-in Cadence library, cell, views. Some of Cadence tools remove files in a cellview with unix remove command and not use the DM remove. A check for check-in is needed: If there ar...
almost 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

New Hook: Cancel/Revert-Hook

In ClearQuest a lot of different hook types (access control, initialization, choicelist, etc) are defined. For the normal (positive) workflow everything goes fine. Every step will be visible by special hooks. Saving will end with validation-, comm...
almost 8 years ago in Heritage / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Liberty API to validate IDP metadata for SAML Configuration

Currently while configuring SAML in ICP , users have to upload IDP metadata as one of the step, Currently ICP does not validate this metadata, validating this would mean ICP has to maintain its own version of SAML schema. It would be better if Lib...
almost 8 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Not under consideration

Keep "Use View Profiles for Creating Views" selection across ClearCase updates

Our ClearCase environment uses View Profiles and therefore has the "Use View Profiles for Creating Views" checkbox selected for normal operation. Every time that a ClearCase update is done via Installation Manager, the "Use View Profiles for Creat...
almost 8 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Not under consideration

Keep non-default MVFS Logging Path value across ClearCase updates

Our ClearCase environment has a non-default value configured for the MVFS Logging Path. Every time that a ClearCase update is done via Installation Manager, the MVFS Logging Path value is reset to the default value instead of keeping our configure...
almost 8 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

'Compare With'->'Each Other' for absorbed model fragments.

Model fragments have Compare With->Each Other however this option is missing for absorbed model fragments. As a workaround: Refactor->Create Fragment for both fragments does allow Compare With->Each Other
almost 8 years ago in Heritage / Software Architect Real Time Edition 1 Not under consideration

XSLD - use LDAP groups to authorize users on grids and maps

Using XSLD we need to configure LDAP groups in order to administer XSLD. Now we can only configure internal groups to manage authorization on grids. The goal wiil bee use LDAP groups instead internal groups
almost 8 years ago in WebSphere eXtreme Scale 0 Not under consideration

Provide ability to create SOAP request with different namespace

Migrating from Websphere to Liberty. Liberty version we are using is (WebSphere Application Server 20.0.0.12/wlp-1.0.47.cl201220201111-0736) on IBM J9 VM, version 8.0.6.20 - pxa6480sr6fp20-20201120_02(SR6 FP20) (en_US) Application code that makes ...
almost 4 years ago in WebSphere Liberty 1 Is a defect

Fully Support Windows API GetFileInformationByHandleEx() Call in MVFS

Certain tools that use the current CLANG toolset use this call to get a unique file ID (to avoid scanning the same file multiple times.
almost 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Allow the startup behavior of ClearCase Doctor to be set at install time

By default the CC doctor runs at startup. For enterprise wide installs of CC this is not necessary. Allowing a response file to have the desired CC Doctor start-up behavior pre-set would be helpful for enterprise wide installs.
almost 4 years ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Future consideration