CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 1.7.0 - 2013-07-16
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0
   5
   6         - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
   7           environment variable to the filters or backend
   8           (<rdar://problem/14355011>)
   9         - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to
  10           sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors
  11           (<rdar://problem/14421943>)
  12         - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X.
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  14
  15 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
  16
  17         - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes
  18           or lpoptions (<rdar://problem/14401795>)
  19         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
  20           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
  21         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
  22           va_list arguments.
  23         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  24           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  25         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  26           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
  27         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
  28           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
  29         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
  30           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
  31         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
  32         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
  33           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
  34         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
  35           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
  36         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
  37           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
  38           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
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  41 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
  42
  43         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
  44           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
  45           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
  46         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
  47         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  48           environment variable for filters.
  49         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
  50         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
  51         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
  52           (STR #4289)
  53         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
  54           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
  55         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
  56           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
  57         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
  58           octetString value (STR #4289)
  59         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
  60           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
  61         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
  62           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
  63         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
  64         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
  65         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
  66         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
  67         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
  68           (STR #4168)
  69         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
  70           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
  71         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
  72         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
  73         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
  74           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)