CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.3b6 - 2018-12-06
   2 ============================
   3
   4 Changes in CUPS v2.3b6
   5 ----------------------
   6
   7 - Localization update (Issue #5339, Issue #5348, Issue #5362, Issue #5408,
   8   Issue #5410)
   9 - Documentation updates (Issue #5369, Issue #5402, Issue #5403, Issue #5404)
  10 - All user commands now support the `--help` option (Issue #5326)
  11 - The `lpoptions` command now works with IPP Everywhere printers that have not
  12   yet been added as local queues (Issue #5045)
  13 - The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases
  14   (Issue #5305)
  15 - The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified
  16   (Issue #5309)
  17 - The scheduler did not idle-exit on some Linux distributions (Issue #5319)
  18 - Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322,
  19   Issue #5330)
  20 - Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
  21 - Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
  22 - The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
  23 - The scheduler did not report all of the supported job options and values
  24   (Issue #5340)
  25 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" now properly supports face-up printers
  26   (Issue #5345)
  27 - Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
  28 - Setting the `Community` name to the empty string in `snmp.conf` now disables
  29   SNMP supply level monitoring by all the standard network backends
  30   (Issue #5354)
  31 - Multi-file jobs could get stuck if the backend failed (Issue #5359,
  32   Issue #5413)
  33 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" no longer does local filtering when printing to
  34   a shared CUPS printer (Issue #5361)
  35 - The lpadmin command now correctly reports IPP errors when configuring an
  36   IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5370)
  37 - Fixed some memory leaks discovered by Coverity (Issue #5375)
  38 - The PPD compiler incorrectly terminated JCL options (Issue #5379)
  39 - The cupstestppd utility did not generate errors for missing/mismatched
  40   CloseUI/JCLCloseUI keywords (Issue #5381)
  41 - The scheduler now reports the actual location of the log file (Issue #5398)
  42 - Added USB quirk rules (Issue #5395, Issue #5420, Issue #5443)
  43 - The generated PPD files for IPP Everywhere printers did not contain the
  44   cupsManualCopies keyword (Issue #5433)
  45 - Kerberos credentials might be truncated (Issue #5435)
  46 - The handling of `MaxJobTime 0` did not match the documentation (Issue #5438)
  47 - Fixed a bug adding a queue with the `-E` option (Issue #5440)
  48 - The `cupsaddsmb` program has been removed (Issue #5449)
  49 - The `cupstestdsc` program has been removed (Issue #5450)
  50 - The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin
  51   (rdar://40436080)
  52 - The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were
  53   in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
  54 - Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
  55 - Fixed an issue with HTTP Digest authentication (rdar://41709086)
  56 - The scheduler could crash when job history was purged (rdar://42198057)
  57 - Fixed a crash bug when mapping PPD duplex options to IPP attributes
  58   (rdar://46183976)
  59 - Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
  60 - The `cupscgi`, `cupsmime`, and `cupsppdc` support libraries are no longer
  61   installed as shared libraries.
  62 - The `snmp` backend is now deprecated.
  63
  64
  65 Changes in CUPS v2.3b5
  66 ----------------------
  67
  68 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
  69   in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
  70 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
  71   the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
  72 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
  73   (Issue #5290)
  74 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
  75   authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
  76 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
  77 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
  78 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
  79 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
  80 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
  81 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
  82 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
  83 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
  84   `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
  85   rdar://37837581)
  86 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
  87   (rdar://39212256)
  88 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
  89   (rdar://40068936)
  90 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
  91 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
  92
  93
  94 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
  95 ----------------------
  96
  97 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
  98 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
  99   (Issue #5233)
 100 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
 101 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
 102 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
 103   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
 104 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
 105 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
 106 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
 107 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
 108   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
 109 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
 110 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
 111   (Issue #5259)
 112 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
 113   required a restart (Issue #5263)
 114 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
 115   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
 116 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
 117 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
 118 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
 119 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
 120 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
 121 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
 122   (rdar://37789645)
 123 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
 124   correctly.
 125 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
 126   attribute.
 127 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
 128   should no longer be used.
 129 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
 130   accessor functions should be used instead.
 131
 132
 133 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
 134 ----------------------
 135
 136 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
 137 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
 138   component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
 139 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
 140   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
 141 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
 142 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
 143   (Issue #5235)
 144
 145
 146 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
 147 ----------------------
 148
 149 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
 150 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
 151 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
 152 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
 153   print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
 154 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
 155   (Issue #5208)
 156 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
 157 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
 158 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
 159   (Issue #5216)
 160 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
 161 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
 162   formats (Issue #5225)
 163 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
 164 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
 165   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
 166 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
 167   needed.
 168
 169
 170 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
 171 ----------------------
 172
 173 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 174 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
 175 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
 176   ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
 177 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 178 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 179 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
 180   underscore (Issue #4833)
 181 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 182   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 183 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
 184 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 185   (Issue #4966)
 186 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
 187   a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
 188 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
 189 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
 190   none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
 191 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
 192   (Issue #5093)
 193 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 194   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 195 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 196   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 197 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 198   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 199 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 200   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 201   respectively (Issue #5119)
 202 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
 203 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
 204   files (Issue #5144)
 205 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 206   (Issue #5154)
 207 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
 208   templates (Issue #5161)
 209 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
 210 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
 211   `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
 212 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
 213   when available (Issue #5168)
 214 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
 215   was seen (Issue #5170)
 216 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
 217 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
 218 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
 219 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
 220   (Issue #5185)
 221 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
 222   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
 223 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
 224 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
 225   (Issue #5194)