CHANGES-1.7.txt

   1 CHANGES-1.7.txt
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.1
   5
   6         - Auto debug logging was broken in 1.7.0 (<rdar://problem/15331639>)
   7         - Some gzip'd PPD files could not be used (<rdar://problem/15386424>)
   8         - Cleaned up some job logging in the scheduler
   9           (<rdar://problem/15332672>)
  10         - ATTR messages could cause string pool memory corruption in the
  11           scheduler (<rdar://problem/15382819>)
  12         - The RPM spec file did not list the build requirements; this was on
  13           purpose, but now we are listing the Red Hat package names
  14           (<rdar://problem/15375760>)
  15         - Printing to a raw queue could result in corrupt output due to
  16           opportunistic compression (<rdar://problem/15008524>)
  17         - The GNU TLS support code triggered many compiler warnings due to the
  18           use of old GNU TLS compatibility type names
  19           (<rdar://problem/15392966>)
  20         - The "make check" test suite did not work on Linux without the
  21           cups-filters package installed (<rdar://problem/14292998>)
  22         - Japanese PPDs using with the Shift-JIS encoding did not work
  23           (<rdar://problem/15427759>)
  24         - "tel:" URIs incorrectly had slashes (<rdar://problem/15418463>)
  25         - The libusb-based USB backend incorrectly used write timeouts
  26           (<rdar://problem/15564888>)
  27
  28
  29 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0
  30
  31         - Updated the Japanese localization.
  32         - The lpadmin command did not send the PPD name from the "-m" option
  33           (<rdar://problem/15264697>)
  34         - Network backends now use the prtMarkerSuppliesClass property to
  35           determine the direction of supply level values
  36           (<rdar://problem/14302628>)
  37         - The scheduler did not remove backup PPD files when a printer was
  38           deleted (<rdar://problem/15065555>)
  39         - The scheduler incorrectly responded to HEAD requests when the web
  40           interface was disabled (<rdar://problem/15090332>)
  41         - The scheduler did not respond using the hostname specified by the
  42           client (<rdar://problem/14583574>)
  43         - Fax queues did not work when shared via Bonjour
  44           (<rdar://problem/14498310>)
  45         - Error messages from the scheduler were not localized using the
  46           language specified in the client's IPP request
  47           (<rdar://problem/14128011>)
  48         - Added an Italian localization (<rdar://problem/14481578>)
  49         - Fixed a couple memory leaks in ippfind that were reported by Clang.
  50         - Fixed a compile issue on 64-bit Linux with Clang - need to use the
  51           -pie option instead of -Wl,-pie now (<rdar://problem/14480938>)
  52         - The ippfind utility reported the wrong port numbers when compiled
  53           against Avahi (<rdar://problem/14508324>)
  54         - httpGetFd, httpGetFile, httpPutFd, and httpPutFile did not
  55           automatically reconnect if the server closed the connecion after the
  56           previous response.
  57         - Fixed a compile error in libcups (<rdar://problem/14467141>)
  58         - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  59           environment variable to the filters or backend
  60           (<rdar://problem/14355011>)
  61         - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to
  62           sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors
  63           (<rdar://problem/14421943>)
  64         - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X.
  65
  66
  67 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
  68
  69         - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes
  70           or lpoptions (<rdar://problem/14401795>)
  71         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
  72           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
  73         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
  74           va_list arguments.
  75         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  76           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  77         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  78           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
  79         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
  80           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
  81         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
  82           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
  83         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
  84         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
  85           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
  86         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
  87           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
  88         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
  89           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
  90           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
  91
  92
  93 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
  94
  95         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
  96           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
  97           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
  98         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
  99         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
 100           environment variable for filters.
 101         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
 102         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
 103         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
 104           (STR #4289)
 105         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
 106           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
 107         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
 108           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
 109         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
 110           octetString value (STR #4289)
 111         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
 112           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
 113         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
 114           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
 115         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
 116         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
 117         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
 118         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
 119         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
 120           (STR #4168)
 121         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
 122           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
 123         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
 124         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
 125         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
 126           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)