CHANGES-1.7.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 1.7.0 - 2013-08-01
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   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0
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   6         - The scheduler did not respond using the hostname specified by the
   7           client (<rdar://problem/14583574>)
   8         - Fax queues did not work when shared via Bonjour
   9           (<rdar://problem/14498310>)
  10         - Error messages from the scheduler were not localized using the
  11           language specified in the client's IPP request
  12           (<rdar://problem/14128011>)
  13         - Added an Italian localization (<rdar://problem/14481578>)
  14         - Fixed a couple memory leaks in ippfind that were reported by Clang.
  15         - Fixed a compile issue on 64-bit Linux with Clang - need to use the
  16           -pie option instead of -Wl,-pie now (<rdar://problem/14480938>)
  17         - The ippfind utility reported the wrong port numbers when compiled
  18           against Avahi (<rdar://problem/14508324>)
  19         - httpGetFd, httpGetFile, httpPutFd, and httpPutFile did not
  20           automatically reconnect if the server closed the connecion after the
  21           previous response.
  22         - Fixed a compile error in libcups (<rdar://problem/14467141>)
  23         - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  24           environment variable to the filters or backend
  25           (<rdar://problem/14355011>)
  26         - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to
  27           sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors
  28           (<rdar://problem/14421943>)
  29         - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X.
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  32 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
  33
  34         - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes
  35           or lpoptions (<rdar://problem/14401795>)
  36         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
  37           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
  38         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
  39           va_list arguments.
  40         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  41           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  42         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  43           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
  44         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
  45           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
  46         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
  47           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
  48         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
  49         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
  50           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
  51         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
  52           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
  53         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
  54           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
  55           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
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  58 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
  59
  60         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
  61           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
  62           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
  63         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
  64         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  65           environment variable for filters.
  66         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
  67         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
  68         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
  69           (STR #4289)
  70         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
  71           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
  72         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
  73           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
  74         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
  75           octetString value (STR #4289)
  76         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
  77           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
  78         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
  79           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
  80         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
  81         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
  82         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
  83         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
  84         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
  85           (STR #4168)
  86         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
  87           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
  88         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
  89         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
  90         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
  91           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)