CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.3rc1 - 2018-04-16
   2 =============================
   3
   4 Changes in CUPS v2.3rc1
   5 -----------------------
   6
   7 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
   8   in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
   9 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
  10   the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
  11 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
  12   (Issue #5290)
  13 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
  14   authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
  15 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
  16
  17
  18 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
  19 ----------------------
  20
  21 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
  22 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
  23   (Issue #5233)
  24 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
  25 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
  26 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
  27   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
  28 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
  29 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
  30 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
  31 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
  32   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
  33 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
  34 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
  35   (Issue #5259)
  36 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
  37   required a restart (Issue #5263)
  38 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
  39   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
  40 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
  41 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
  42 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
  43 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
  44 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
  45 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
  46   (rdar://37789645)
  47 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
  48   correctly.
  49 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
  50   attribute.
  51 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
  52   should no longer be used.
  53 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
  54   accessor functions should be used instead.
  55
  56
  57 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
  58 ----------------------
  59
  60 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
  61 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
  62   component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
  63 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
  64   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
  65 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
  66 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
  67   (Issue #5235)
  68
  69
  70 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
  71 ----------------------
  72
  73 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
  74 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
  75 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
  76 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
  77   print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
  78 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
  79   (Issue #5208)
  80 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
  81 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
  82 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
  83   (Issue #5216)
  84 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
  85 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
  86   formats (Issue #5225)
  87 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
  88 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
  89   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
  90 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
  91   needed.
  92
  93
  94 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
  95 ----------------------
  96
  97 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
  98 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
  99 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
 100   ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
 101 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 102 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 103 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
 104   underscore (Issue #4833)
 105 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 106   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 107 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
 108 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 109   (Issue #4966)
 110 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
 111   a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
 112 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
 113 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
 114   none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
 115 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
 116   (Issue #5093)
 117 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 118   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 119 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 120   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 121 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 122   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 123 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 124   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 125   respectively (Issue #5119)
 126 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
 127 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
 128   files (Issue #5144)
 129 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 130   (Issue #5154)
 131 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
 132   templates (Issue #5161)
 133 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
 134 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
 135   `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
 136 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
 137   when available (Issue #5168)
 138 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
 139   was seen (Issue #5170)
 140 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
 141 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
 142 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
 143 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
 144   (Issue #5185)
 145 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
 146   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
 147 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
 148 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
 149   (Issue #5194)