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
   8
   9 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0
  10
  11         - Updated the Japanese localization.
  12         - The lpadmin command did not send the PPD name from the "-m" option
  13           (<rdar://problem/15264697>)
  14         - Network backends now use the prtMarkerSuppliesClass property to
  15           determine the direction of supply level values
  16           (<rdar://problem/14302628>)
  17         - The scheduler did not remove backup PPD files when a printer was
  18           deleted (<rdar://problem/15065555>)
  19         - The scheduler incorrectly responded to HEAD requests when the web
  20           interface was disabled (<rdar://problem/15090332>)
  21         - The scheduler did not respond using the hostname specified by the
  22           client (<rdar://problem/14583574>)
  23         - Fax queues did not work when shared via Bonjour
  24           (<rdar://problem/14498310>)
  25         - Error messages from the scheduler were not localized using the
  26           language specified in the client's IPP request
  27           (<rdar://problem/14128011>)
  28         - Added an Italian localization (<rdar://problem/14481578>)
  29         - Fixed a couple memory leaks in ippfind that were reported by Clang.
  30         - Fixed a compile issue on 64-bit Linux with Clang - need to use the
  31           -pie option instead of -Wl,-pie now (<rdar://problem/14480938>)
  32         - The ippfind utility reported the wrong port numbers when compiled
  33           against Avahi (<rdar://problem/14508324>)
  34         - httpGetFd, httpGetFile, httpPutFd, and httpPutFile did not
  35           automatically reconnect if the server closed the connecion after the
  36           previous response.
  37         - Fixed a compile error in libcups (<rdar://problem/14467141>)
  38         - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  39           environment variable to the filters or backend
  40           (<rdar://problem/14355011>)
  41         - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to
  42           sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors
  43           (<rdar://problem/14421943>)
  44         - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X.
  45
  46
  47 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
  48
  49         - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes
  50           or lpoptions (<rdar://problem/14401795>)
  51         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
  52           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
  53         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
  54           va_list arguments.
  55         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  56           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  57         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  58           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
  59         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
  60           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
  61         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
  62           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
  63         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
  64         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
  65           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
  66         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
  67           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
  68         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
  69           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
  70           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
  71
  72
  73 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
  74
  75         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
  76           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
  77           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
  78         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
  79         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  80           environment variable for filters.
  81         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
  82         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
  83         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
  84           (STR #4289)
  85         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
  86           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
  87         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
  88           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
  89         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
  90           octetString value (STR #4289)
  91         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
  92           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
  93         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
  94           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
  95         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
  96         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
  97         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
  98         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
  99         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
 100           (STR #4168)
 101         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
 102           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
 103         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
 104         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
 105         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
 106           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)