Re: WDSCi and RPGLE source on the IFS

I have to echo Mark's sentiments here.  There have been three times over the
last year where near-disaster (at least in terms of time spent tracking down
a problem) was averted by being able to see exactly that information on a
module.  You might say that proper object management would prevent these
issues, but sometimes things happen (especially during upgrades and disaster
recovery) where this information is great to have.

Joe

From: Mark S. Waterbury

"WARNING, WARNING, DANGER WILL ROBINSON!"  (arms flailing wildly)

Please note that when you put source code in the IFS, you lose one of
the most important features of OS/400, IMHO, that *PGMs and *MODULEs
carry with them the name of the source file, library and member name and
date/time stamp for the primary source member from which they were
created.  That feature has "saved" many companies in identifying the
"correct" source for objects in "production" use. No other platforms
have this feature built-in -- it is unique to i5/OS and OS/400, to my
knowledge.

IBM mainframe customers license expensive ISV products to add this
functionality to the operating system.