-CHANGES.txt - 2007-05-03
+CHANGES.txt - 2010-03-02
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-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3
+CHANGES IN CUPS V1.5b1
- - Documentation updates (STR #1775, STR #2130, STR #2131,
- STR #2263, STR #2356)
- - The scheduler did not report Bonjour shared printers as
- remote printers (STR #2384)
- - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
- for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
- - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
- an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
- - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
- and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
- - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
- available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
- based on the PPD ModelName and Product strings (STR
- #2334, STR #2383)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
- from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
- (STR #2334)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the cupsModelNumber attribute
- from a PPD file in the ppd-model-number attribute (STR
- #2383)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports a driver type string in the
- ppd-type attribute based on the cupsFax and cupsFilter
- attributes in a PPD file (STR #2383)
- - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
- which reports the version of CUPS that is running
- (STR #2240)
- - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
- if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
- - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
- backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
- it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
- (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
- (STR #2035, STR #2354)
- - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
- needed (STR #2353)
- - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
- to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
- - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
- of array elements (STR #2358)
- - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
- - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
- icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
- - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
- main administration page. Instead, a new "List Available
- Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
- with the list of printers.
- - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
- policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
- - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
- data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
- - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
- file (STR #1871)
- - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
- correctly (STR #1985)
- - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
- from the server to the client (STR #2109)
- - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
- printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
- - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
- - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
- from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
- - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
- device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
- #1933)
- - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
- cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
- - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
- for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
- - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
- (STR #1171)
- - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
- web interface now return back to the original page (STR
- #2239)
- - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
- successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
- - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
- any address (STR #2008)
- - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
- Internet" check box (STR #1897)
- - The notify-events-default and
- notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
- (STR #1671)
- - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
- the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
- #1923)
- - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
- - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
- - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
- (STR #1701)
- - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
- to change the printer name, description, and location
- (STR #1646)
- - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
- (STR #2206)
- - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
- - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
- for basic device control and information queries (STR
- #1898)
- - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
- instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
- - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
- functions to get the current index and insertion
- positions of an array.
- - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
- #2090)
- - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
- functions.
- - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
- which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
- strings (STR #1969)
- - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
- to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
- http_t members will no longer compile!
- - Added support for setting the document-format-default
- attribute on a per-printer basis.
- - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.
+ - The scheduler now allows writing to /Users/Shared from print filters
+ on Mac OS X.
+ - CUPS no longer supports the old ~/.cupsrc or ~/.lpoptions files from
+ CUPS 1.1.x. The ~/.cups/client.conf and ~/.cups/lpoptions files that
+ were introduced in CUPS 1.2 must now be used.
+ - The ipptest tool is now a first-class user program and has several
+ improvements along with new documentation (STR #3484)
+ - The cupstestppd tool now warns about non-unique filenames and
+ provides a way to ignore all filename warnings.
+ - Dropped support for the recoverable: and recovered: message prefixes.
+ - The scheduler now requires that filters and backends have group write
+ permissions disabled.
+ - The PPD compiler now checks for overlapping filenames when writing
+ PPD files.
+ - The HP-GL/2 filter is no longer included with CUPS (STR #3322)
+ - The SCSI backend is no longer included with CUPS (STR #3500)