CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 2009-02-10
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.4b3
   5
   6         - Documentation fixes (STR #3044, STR #3057)
   7         - Clicking on "Select Another Make/Manufacturer" in the web interface
   8           incorrectly added the printer (STR #3095)
   9         - The scheduler no longer uses programs with insecure file
  10           permissions.
  11         - httpAssembleURI*() did not escape backslashes in hostnames.
  12         - The dnssd backend did not unquote "full names" before creating the
  13           device URI.
  14         - The scheduler now supports JobRetryInterval values less than 10
  15           seconds.
  16         - Updated the Spanish localization (STR #3090)
  17         - The scheduler did not redo Bonjour/DNS-SD registrations when updating
  18           them failed.
  19         - The "authenticated" policy incorrectly required authentication for
  20           status operations.
  21         - ppdOpen*() incorrectly loaded PPDs with multiple JobPatchFile
  22           keywords.
  23         - The network backends no longer report the SNMP "offline" status bit
  24           since some printers report this status when the printer is busy
  25           printing, warming up, etc.
  26         - The scheduler no longer logs child processes killed via SIGKILL as
  27           "crashed".
  28         - The printer link shown on the "job moved" template was bad (STR #3085)
  29         - Updated the HTML templates to use the HTML 4.01 DOCTYPE (STR #3086)
  30         - The scheduler did not track the "paused" reason properly if a
  31           printer had other reasons associated with it.
  32         - cupsSendRequest() did not clear old local certificate auth data.
  33         - The PPD compiler did not search for localization files properly
  34           (STR #3084)
  35         - cupsGetNamedDest() did not use the fallback default like
  36           cupsGetDests*() (STR #3082)
  37         - The scheduler now provides a LogTimeFormat directive to enable
  38           microseconds in the date and time that are logged.
  39         - The scheduler now provides a MultipleOperationTimeout directive to
  40           control the timeout for multi-file print jobs.
  41         - The configure script incorrectly allowed Avahi to be used for DNS-SD
  42           printer discovery (STR #3065)
  43         - The web interface and scheduler did not support URIs up to 1024 bytes
  44           in length (STR #3072)
  45         - Fixed pdftops issues with page sizes (STR #3063)
  46         - Fixed pdftops issues with Ghostscript (STR #3062)
  47         - The scheduler incorrectly registered default profiles for PostScript
  48           printers with no specified colorspace.
  49         - The scheduler incorrectly created an empty org.cups.printers.plist
  50           file on Mac OS X.
  51         - cupsGetPPD3() did not look for local PPDs in the right directory.
  52         - SNMP lookups via side-channel did not work for NULL-VALUE and
  53           and OCTET-STRING OIDs containing nul characters.
  54         - The libusb-based USB backend did not work.
  55         - The scheduler did not set the printer-commands attribute correctly
  56           for some PPDs.
  57         - The ppdi utility did not work.
  58         - The web interface no longer uses multi-part output with old or broken
  59           web browsers (STR #3049)
  60         - CUPS now conforms to the draft IPP/2.0 and IPP/2.1 specification.
  61         - Added a new cupsGetConflicts() API to get a list of conflicting
  62           options.
  63         - The PPD compiler didn't localize options or choices that did not
  64           have associated translation text (STR #3045)
  65         - Updated the Spanish localization (STR #3043)
  66         - Fixed build problems (STR #3040, STR #3047)
  67         - cupsResolveConflicts() did not resolve using the default option
  68           choice in some cases due to the mirror UIConstraints that are
  69           present in most PPD files.
  70         - The scheduler did not honor MIME type priorities.
  71         - The commandtops filter incorrectly used the JCLBegin code to end
  72           its jobs.
  73         - The default BrowseLocalProtocols value was not set properly.
  74         - Since the commandtops filter does not actually support ReportLevels
  75           all on its own, don't list that printer command by default for PS
  76           printers.
  77         - The scheduler did not give filters a chance to log errors or update
  78           printer attributes when a job was canceled.
  79         - The scheduler did not clear the "connecting-to-device" reason keyword
  80           when a job finished.
  81
  82
  83 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.4b2
  84
  85         - Documentation updates (STR #2983, STR #2998, STR #3021)
  86         - The cupstestppd utility now validates the FileVersion and
  87           FormatVersion values in PPD files.
  88         - The default cupsd.conf file did not reflect the
  89           --with-local-protocols value set at compile-time (STR #3037)
  90         - The cupsGetPPD* APIs now create symlinks to local PPD files
  91           rather than copying them whenever possible.
  92         - Various performance optimizations in the string pool, dests, and
  93           options implementations.
  94         - The cupsGetDests* APIs now return the marker and printer-commands
  95           attributes.
  96         - Side-channel SNMP lookups would not work when cupsSNMPSupplies
  97           was set to False in the PPD file.
  98         - Localized the device descriptions for the SCSI, serial,
  99           and network backends (STR #3014)
 100         - Added a Spanish localization (STR #3015)
 101         - Added support for marker-low-levels and marker-high-levels
 102           attributes.
 103         - The scheduler could hang writing a long log line.
 104         - The cupsGetDevices() function now has an "include_schemes"
 105           parameter.
 106         - The lpinfo command now supports --include-schemes and
 107           --exclude-schemes options.
 108         - The CUPS-Get-PPDs operation now supports the include-schemes
 109           and exclude-schemes attributes.
 110         - The CUPS-Get-Devices operation now supports the include-schemes
 111           attribute.
 112         - The print filters now support a replacement for the fitplot
 113           option called "fit-to-page".
 114         - The LPD backend no longer tries to collect page accounting
 115           information since the LPD protocol does not allow us to
 116           prevent race conditions.
 117         - The scheduler did not save the last marker-change-time value.
 118         - Fixed a problem with printing to some IPP printers, including
 119           CUPS 1.1.x.
 120         - Fixed a redirection problem with the printer web page (STR #3012)
 121         - Fixed a PPD compiler problem with the loading of message
 122           catalogs (STR #2990)
 123         - Fixed a PPD compiler problem with the loading of .strings files
 124           (STR #2989)
 125         - The cupsfilter utility did not set the CONTENT_TYPE environment
 126           variable when running filters.
 127         - The scheduler now waits to allow system sleep until the jobs
 128           have all stopped.
 129         - The IPP, LPD, and socket backends used different "connecting"
 130           progress messages.
 131
 132
 133 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.4b1
 134
 135         - Documentation updates (STR #2567)
 136         - The PPD compiler now allows local message catalogs to
 137           override the standard CUPS translations (STR #2642)
 138         - The ppdmerge command did not merge custom option strings
 139           (STR #2863)
 140         - The scheduler now supports the Hold-New-Jobs and
 141           Release-Held-New-Jobs operations; these are exposed via the
 142           cupsdisable and cupsenable commands (STR #2332)
 143         - The lpstat command is now much faster when displaying the
 144           status of a single printer (STR #2843)
 145         - The scheduler now caches information from PPD files to provide
 146           significantly faster startup time with large numbers of PPDs
 147           (STR #1293)
 148         - CUPS-Get-Driver now provides much better driver matching based
 149           on the IEEE-1284 device ID and make/model strings (STR #2707)
 150         - Now support the cupsSNMPSupplies keyword to control whether
 151           the network backends query the SNMP Printer MIB for supply
 152           levels.
 153         - Now support and use a new banner file format for better text
 154           support and easier customization (STR #2490)
 155         - The scheduler now sets the PRINTER_INFO and PRINTER_LOCATION
 156           environment variables from the corresponding IPP attributes.
 157         - The ippRead*() and ippWrite*() functions no longer use a
 158           stack-based buffer (STR #2388)
 159         - The CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer operation now allows you to set
 160           the printer-state-reasons attribute.
 161         - The "set printer options" page now supports auto-configuration
 162           of printer options (STR #1440)
 163         - The web interface now provides an advanced server settings
 164           form.
 165         - The web interface's "modify printer" pages now make it
 166           easier to change just one setting (STR #1919)
 167         - The scheduler now supports a plist PrintcapFormat.
 168         - The scheduler now supports multiple addresses in Allow and
 169           Deny lines, just like Apache (STR #2947)
 170         - Added CUPS_JOBTYPE environment variable for job filters so
 171           they know whether they are printing a banner or document
 172           file (STR #2799)
 173         - Added support for printer filtering by the cupsfilter
 174           command (STR #2562)
 175         - Added a SSLOptions directive to allow Windows clients to
 176           talk to CUPS in FIPS mode (STR #2827)
 177         - Renamed the accept and reject commands to cupsaccept and
 178           cupsreject; the old names are still available (STR #2936)
 179         - The locale/translate utility needed an update to work with
 180           Google (STR #2882)
 181         - The lpstat command now supports a -H option to display the
 182           default server (STR #2833)
 183         - The scheduler now supports a FatalErrors directive to control
 184           which errors should cause the scheduler to exit (STR #2536)
 185         - The scheduler now uses the php-cgi program if it is available
 186           (STR #2923)
 187         - The scheduler now supports a DefaultPaperSize directive
 188           (STR #2848)
 189         - The scheduler now passes the job-originating-host-name
 190           value to filters in the options argument (STR #2558)
 191         - CUPS now supports job tickets in PDF files (STR #2903)
 192         - Added a DBUS notifier (STR #2529)
 193         - The LPD mini-daemon now passes the document name when queuing
 194           print jobs (STR #2482)
 195         - The IPP backend did not relay com.apple.print.recoverable-message
 196           values.
 197         - The scheduler now supports a job-media-progress attribute to
 198           track the progress of individual pages.
 199         - The sample HP driver now supports A5 (STR #2798)
 200         - The CUPS web interface menu item now uses the xdg-open
 201           command, when available (STR #2724)
 202         - The cups-lpd program now supports the -h option (STR #2794)
 203         - The scheduler now sets the PAM_TTY parameter and the
 204           PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED credential flag (STR #2745)
 205         - The scheduler now logs unsuccessful requests to the error_log
 206           file as errors (STR #2616)
 207         - Added support for a "retry-current-job" error policy that
 208           retries the current job immediately when the backend encounters
 209           an error (STR #2555)
 210         - The scheduler now returns a "forbidden" error when a user
 211           correctly authenticates but does not have permission to
 212           continue further (STR #2101)
 213         - The scheduler now loads both the server and CA certificates
 214           (if present) from the ServerCertificate file (STR #2146)
 215         - New RSS subscriptions now create their feed files immediately
 216           (STR #2853)
 217         - Added support for a device-location attribute which provides
 218           the physical location of a printer device.
 219         - Added a cupsBackendReport() API which handles quoting of the
 220           device data by a backend.
 221         - Added support for custom options in the web interface
 222           (STR #1729)
 223         - Added support for Mozilla LDAP, reconnection to LDAP servers,
 224           and improved LDAP performance (STR #1962)
 225         - Added Solaris SMF support (STR #1477)
 226         - Added optional support for using TCP wrappers to limit access
 227           to CUPS (STR #263)
 228         - Added ppdPageSizeLimits API.
 229         - Added support for new cupsMediaQualifier2, cupsMediaQualifier3,
 230           cupsMinSize, and cupsMaxSize attributes.
 231         - Added cupsResolveConflicts and ppdInstallableConflict APIs.
 232         - Added support for new cupsUIConstraints and cupsUIResolver
 233           attributes for better option conflict detection and
 234           resolution.
 235         - Increased the maximum size of 1284 device ID strings to
 236           256 bytes (STR #2877)
 237         - Added an AccessLogLevel directive to cupsd.conf to control
 238           what is logged to the access_log file.
 239         - The default LogLevel is now "warn" instead of "info" to reduce
 240           the amount of logging that is done to disk by default.
 241         - The PPD compiler did not include OID query keywords in PPD
 242           files (STR #2871)
 243         - The cups-driverd helper program now directly supports driver
 244           information files.
 245         - The USB backend now uses libusb when available (STR #1575)
 246         - Added ppdLocalizeAttr function to get the localized version
 247           of an attribute.
 248         - MIME types now support a priority() attribute (STR #2719)
 249         - The standard MIME types are now installed in
 250           DataDir/mime (STR #2719)
 251         - The lpoptions command now describes custom options and
 252           the necessary parameters (STR #2660)
 253         - The ppdmerge program did not support Simplified Chinese
 254           or Traditional Chinese language version strings (STR #2851)
 255         - The PPD compiler now supports localizable attributes
 256           (STR #2738)
 257         - The ppdpo utility now includes cupsIPPReasons values in
 258           the message catalogs it generates (STR #2754)
 259         - The PPD compiler now supports conditional directives
 260           (STR #2636)
 261         - The ppdc utility now supports a "-t" option to test PPD
 262           files (STR #2739)
 263         - The ppdc utility now supports a "-m" option to use the
 264           ModelName value as the output filename.
 265         - The ppdc utility now supports a FileName directive to
 266           set an alternate output filename (STR #2740)
 267         - The side-channel API now supports SNMP queries for the
 268           standard network backends.
 269         - Added a PageLogFormat directive to the cupsd.conf file to
 270           control the format of lines in the page_log file.
 271         - Filters can now send PPD: messages to stderr to set PPD
 272           keywords like DefaultPageSize while a job is printing.
 273         - Added a mdns backend for discovery and printing to printers
 274           that advertise themselves via DNS-SD (Bonjour)
 275         - The ipp, lpd, and socket backends now support DNS-SD service
 276           name resolution.
 277         - The scheduler now uses a single shared file descriptor for
 278           all DNS-SD registrations (STR #2674)
 279         - The ipp, lpd, and socket backends now support SNMP-based
 280           page accounting and supply level monitoring (STR #1655)
 281         - Added support for cupsPJLDisplay attribute to control what
 282           PJL commands are used to display the job information.
 283         - Driver information files can now be installed in
 284           /Library/Printers/PPDs.drv on Mac OS X.
 285         - The CUPS image library now supports reading images larger
 286           than 2GB.
 287         - The scheduler now delays writing config and state files to
 288           reduce disk activity (STR #2684)
 289         - The CUPS-Get-Devices operation now supports the
 290           exclude-schemes and timeout attributes to control which
 291           backends are polled and for how long.
 292         - The cups-deviced helper application now runs backends in
 293           parallel to get the list of devices faster.
 294         - Added --enable-pap configure option.
 295         - The default cupsd.conf file now includes an "authenticated"
 296           policy which requires authentication for remote print jobs.
 297         - Added support for Czech and Hungarian in PPD files
 298           (STR #2735, STR #2736)
 299         - The PPD compiler tools now support Mac OS X .strings files
 300           for localization (STR #2737)
 301         - ppdOpen*() now default the colorspace member to PPD_CS_N
 302           when no DefaultColorSpace attribute is present in the PPD
 303           file.
 304         - The build system has been updated to support separate
 305           installation of data, program, header, and library files.
 306         - All support libraries are now built as shared libraries
 307           by default.
 308         - The scheduler now manages ICC color profiles on Mac OS X.
 309         - The network backends (ipp, lpd, socket) now support
 310           SNMP-based supply and page count monitoring (STR #1655)
 311         - The lppasswd program is no longer installed setuid to
 312           root to make the default installation more secure.
 313         - Added a new ppdLocalizeMarkerName() function to get
 314           the localized version of a marker-names value.
 315         - The scheduler now provides the printer-dns-sd-name
 316           attribute for printers shared via DNS-SD/Bonjour.
 317         - The pdftops filter now executes the Xpdf or poppler
 318           pdftops utility to convert PDF files (STR #1471)
 319         - Bonjour printer registrations now advertise as local or
 320           global based on the current access policies for the
 321           printer.
 322         - cupsGetDests*() and cupsSetDests*() now track the last
 323           used printer preference on Mac OS X.
 324         - Added a new streaming request API (STR #2261)
 325         - Added a new cupsGetNamedDest() function to the CUPS
 326           library for faster printing with lp and lpr (STR #2638)
 327         - The scheduler now sets the PAM RHOST value on systems
 328           that support it (STR #2637)
 329         - The scheduler now sandboxes child processes when
 330           possible.
 331         - The Cancel-Job operation now supports a purge-job
 332           attriibute to purge a specified job.
 333         - ppdEmit* and ppdCollect* now use the NonUIOrderDependency
 334           attributes for custom option selections.
 335         - The web interface now enables/disables the printer
 336           sharing (formerly publishing) controls based on the
 337           server-is-sharing-printers state (STR #2233)
 338         - The scheduler now tracks printer sharing via the
 339           server-is-sharing-printers attribute, and manages LPD
 340           and SMB sharing as well (STR #2233)
 341         - The web interface now allows you to go back to the make/
 342           manufacturer page if there is no matching printer driver
 343           on the model page (STR #2436)
 344         - The printer list now shows the default media, banner, and
 345           duplex options as well as the color and duplex capabilities
 346           of printers (STR #1175)
 347         - The web interface look-n-feel has been updated (STR #2492)
 348         - The scheduler now supports a CUPS-Get-Document operation
 349           that returns the specified print job document (STR #118)
 350         - The cupsfilter utility now supports a "-J jobid" option
 351           to filter the document from the specified job.
 352         - The scheduler (cupsd) now supports a new option (-t) to
 353           do a syntax check of the cupsd.conf file (STR #2003)
 354         - Added new cupsGetPPD3() API to allow applications to
 355           cache PPDs safely (STR #1473)
 356         - Added generic PostScript and PCL printer driver PPDs.