CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.3b6 - 2018-06-18
   2 ============================
   3
   4 Changes in CUPS v2.3b6
   5 ----------------------
   6
   7 - Localization update (Issue #5339)
   8 - The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases
   9   (Issue #5305)
  10 - The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified
  11   (Issue #5309)
  12 - The scheduler did not idle-exit on some Linux distributions (Issue #5319)
  13 - Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322,
  14   Issue #5330)
  15 - Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
  16 - Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
  17 - The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
  18 - The scheduler did not report all of the supported job options and values
  19   (Issue #5340)
  20 - Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
  21
  22
  23 Changes in CUPS v2.3b5
  24 ----------------------
  25
  26 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
  27   in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
  28 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
  29   the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
  30 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
  31   (Issue #5290)
  32 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
  33   authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
  34 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
  35 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
  36 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
  37 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
  38 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
  39 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
  40 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
  41 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
  42   `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
  43   rdar://37837581)
  44 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
  45   (rdar://39212256)
  46 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
  47   (rdar://40068936)
  48 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
  49 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
  50
  51
  52 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
  53 ----------------------
  54
  55 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
  56 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
  57   (Issue #5233)
  58 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
  59 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
  60 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
  61   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
  62 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
  63 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
  64 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
  65 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
  66   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
  67 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
  68 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
  69   (Issue #5259)
  70 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
  71   required a restart (Issue #5263)
  72 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
  73   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
  74 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
  75 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
  76 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
  77 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
  78 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
  79 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
  80   (rdar://37789645)
  81 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
  82   correctly.
  83 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
  84   attribute.
  85 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
  86   should no longer be used.
  87 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
  88   accessor functions should be used instead.
  89
  90
  91 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
  92 ----------------------
  93
  94 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
  95 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
  96   component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
  97 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
  98   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
  99 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
 100 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
 101   (Issue #5235)
 102
 103
 104 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
 105 ----------------------
 106
 107 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
 108 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
 109 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
 110 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
 111   print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
 112 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
 113   (Issue #5208)
 114 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
 115 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
 116 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
 117   (Issue #5216)
 118 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
 119 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
 120   formats (Issue #5225)
 121 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
 122 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
 123   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
 124 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
 125   needed.
 126
 127
 128 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
 129 ----------------------
 130
 131 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 132 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
 133 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
 134   ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
 135 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 136 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 137 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
 138   underscore (Issue #4833)
 139 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 140   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 141 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
 142 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 143   (Issue #4966)
 144 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
 145   a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
 146 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
 147 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
 148   none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
 149 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
 150   (Issue #5093)
 151 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 152   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 153 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 154   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 155 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 156   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 157 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 158   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 159   respectively (Issue #5119)
 160 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
 161 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
 162   files (Issue #5144)
 163 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 164   (Issue #5154)
 165 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
 166   templates (Issue #5161)
 167 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
 168 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
 169   `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
 170 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
 171   when available (Issue #5168)
 172 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
 173   was seen (Issue #5170)
 174 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
 175 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
 176 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
 177 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
 178   (Issue #5185)
 179 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
 180   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
 181 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
 182 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
 183   (Issue #5194)