[thirdparty/cups.git] / CHANGES.txt

CHANGES.txt - 1.6b1 - 2011-12-02
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CHANGES IN CUPS V1.6b1

	- The default password callback now supports passwords up to 127
	  characters.
	- The scheduler now supports a DefaultAuthType of "auto" to
	  automatically choose between Basic (username/password) and Negotiate
	  (Kerberos) authentication.
	- cupsSideChannelSNMPGet/Walk now support OIDs and values up to 64k in
	  length.
	- CUPS no longer supports automatic remote printers or implicit classes
	  via the CUPS, LDAP, or SLP protocols (STR #3922, STR #3923)
	- The PPD APIs are now deprecated and will be removed in a future
	  version of CUPS (STR #3927)
	- The default IPP version for requests is now 2.0 (STR #3929)
	- The IPP APIs no longer expose the ipp_t or ipp_attribute_t structures
	  and instead provide accessor functions (STR #3928)
	- The scheduler will no longer run programs with group write permission.
	- The PHP module has been removed (STR #3932)
	- The bannertops, commandtoescpx, commandtopclx, imagetops,
	  imagetoraster, pdftops, rastertoescpx, rastertopclx, and texttops
	  filters have been removed (STR #3930)
	- The serial and parallel backends have been removed (STR 3935)
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24e92ab1	1	CHANGES.txt - 1.6b1 - 2011-12-02
8ae37254	2	--------------------------------
cedfb4b7	3
5d45a0e1	4	CHANGES IN CUPS V1.6b1
72bdcfc1	5
24e92ab1	6	- The default password callback now supports passwords up to 127
24e92ab1	7	characters.
f780c436	8	- The scheduler now supports a DefaultAuthType of "auto" to
	9	automatically choose between Basic (username/password) and Negotiate
	10	(Kerberos) authentication.
	11	- cupsSideChannelSNMPGet/Walk now support OIDs and values up to 64k in
	12	length.
33bd0142	13	- CUPS no longer supports automatic remote printers or implicit classes
33bd0142	14	via the CUPS, LDAP, or SLP protocols (STR #3922, STR #3923)
e90e6b29	15	- The PPD APIs are now deprecated and will be removed in a future
e90e6b29	16	version of CUPS (STR #3927)
c5cc03ab	17	- The default IPP version for requests is now 2.0 (STR #3929)
	18	- The IPP APIs no longer expose the ipp_t or ipp_attribute_t structures
	19	and instead provide accessor functions (STR #3928)
c7880d63	20	- The scheduler will no longer run programs with group write permission.
80de979e	21	- The PHP module has been removed (STR #3932)
bf6584b2	22	- The bannertops, commandtoescpx, commandtopclx, imagetops,
	23	imagetoraster, pdftops, rastertoescpx, rastertopclx, and texttops
	24	filters have been removed (STR #3930)
8ae37254	25	- The serial and parallel backends have been removed (STR 3935)