CHANGES-1.7.txt

   1 CHANGES-1.7.txt
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0
   5
   6         - Updated the Japanese localization.
   7         - Network backends now use the prtMarkerSuppliesClass property to
   8           determine the direction of supply level values
   9           (<rdar://problem/14302628>)
  10         - The scheduler did not remove backup PPD files when a printer was
  11           deleted (<rdar://problem/15065555>)
  12         - The scheduler incorrectly responded to HEAD requests when the web
  13           interface was disabled (<rdar://problem/15090332>)
  14         - The scheduler did not respond using the hostname specified by the
  15           client (<rdar://problem/14583574>)
  16         - Fax queues did not work when shared via Bonjour
  17           (<rdar://problem/14498310>)
  18         - Error messages from the scheduler were not localized using the
  19           language specified in the client's IPP request
  20           (<rdar://problem/14128011>)
  21         - Added an Italian localization (<rdar://problem/14481578>)
  22         - Fixed a couple memory leaks in ippfind that were reported by Clang.
  23         - Fixed a compile issue on 64-bit Linux with Clang - need to use the
  24           -pie option instead of -Wl,-pie now (<rdar://problem/14480938>)
  25         - The ippfind utility reported the wrong port numbers when compiled
  26           against Avahi (<rdar://problem/14508324>)
  27         - httpGetFd, httpGetFile, httpPutFd, and httpPutFile did not
  28           automatically reconnect if the server closed the connecion after the
  29           previous response.
  30         - Fixed a compile error in libcups (<rdar://problem/14467141>)
  31         - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  32           environment variable to the filters or backend
  33           (<rdar://problem/14355011>)
  34         - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to
  35           sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors
  36           (<rdar://problem/14421943>)
  37         - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X.
  38
  39
  40 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
  41
  42         - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes
  43           or lpoptions (<rdar://problem/14401795>)
  44         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
  45           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
  46         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
  47           va_list arguments.
  48         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  49           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  50         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  51           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
  52         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
  53           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
  54         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
  55           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
  56         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
  57         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
  58           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
  59         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
  60           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
  61         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
  62           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
  63           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
  64
  65
  66 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
  67
  68         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
  69           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
  70           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
  71         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
  72         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  73           environment variable for filters.
  74         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
  75         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
  76         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
  77           (STR #4289)
  78         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
  79           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
  80         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
  81           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
  82         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
  83           octetString value (STR #4289)
  84         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
  85           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
  86         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
  87           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
  88         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
  89         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
  90         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
  91         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
  92         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
  93           (STR #4168)
  94         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
  95           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
  96         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
  97         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
  98         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
  99           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)