-CHANGES.txt - 1.7rc1 - 2013-06-12
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+CHANGES.txt - 2.0b1 - 2014-04-02
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-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
+CHANGES IN CUPS V2.0b1
- - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
- va_list arguments.
- - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
- services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
- - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
- hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
- - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
- printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
- - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
- output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
- - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
- - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
- default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
- - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
- includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
- - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
- WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
- components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
-
-
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
-
- - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
- the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
- locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
- - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
- - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
- environment variable for filters.
- - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
- - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
- - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
- (STR #4289)
- - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
- cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
- - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
- cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
- - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
- octetString value (STR #4289)
- - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
- attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
- - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
- on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
- - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
- - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
- - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
- - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
- - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
- (STR #4168)
- - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
- systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
- - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
- - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
- - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
- enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)
+ - Dropped OpenSSL support in favor of GNU TLS.
+ - Dropped "dark wake" support on OS X, which was preventing portables
+ from going to sleep when there was a stuck job. We now use a variation
+ of the CUPS 1.4 sleep support to do a cleaner sleep
+ (<rdar://problem/14323704>)
+ - Dropped support for AIX, HP-UX, and OSF/1 (aka Digital UNIX)
+ - Dropped lppasswd and support for Digest authentication in in the
+ scheduler (STR #4321)
+ - Adopted Linux man page conventions and updated all man pages
+ (STR #4372)
+ - Changed the default AccessLogLevel and PageLogFormat to disable the
+ access_log and page_log files by default (<rdar://problem/16495000>)
+ - Added a "--list-filters" option to the cupsfilter command (STR #4325)
+ - Added systemd support (STR #3917)
+ - Added support for re-sending a job as a raster file if a higher-level
+ format such as PDF fails (<rdar://problem/15583721>)
+ - Added support for regular expression matching in the MIME type rules
+ (<rdar://problem/11131245>)
+ - cupsRasterInterpretPPD now supports the Orientation header in order to
+ support long-edge feed raster printers (<rdar://problem/15837926>)
+ - The filter/backend sandbox on OS X now defaults to a more strict
+ whitelist (<rdar://problem/15939788>)
+ - Increased the default idle exit timeout to 60 seconds on OS X
+ (<rdar://problem/16041820>)
+ - Printer classes were not accessible on OS X
+ (<rdar://problem/16385643>)
+ - The scheduler now uses </DefaultPrinter> to close the default printer
+ definition in printers.conf (STR #4153)
+ - The scheduler now allows run-as-root backends to have group read and
+ execute permissions (STR #2935)
+ - The ippFindAttribute and ippFindNextAttribute functions now support
+ hierarchical searches (STR #4395)