CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.3rc1 - 2018-05-01
   2 =============================
   3
   4 Changes in CUPS v2.3rc1
   5 -----------------------
   6
   7 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
   8   in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
   9 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
  10   the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
  11 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
  12   (Issue #5290)
  13 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
  14   authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
  15 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
  16 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
  17 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
  18 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
  19   (rdar://39212256)
  20 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
  21
  22
  23 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
  24 ----------------------
  25
  26 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
  27 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
  28   (Issue #5233)
  29 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
  30 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
  31 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
  32   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
  33 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
  34 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
  35 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
  36 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
  37   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
  38 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
  39 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
  40   (Issue #5259)
  41 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
  42   required a restart (Issue #5263)
  43 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
  44   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
  45 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
  46 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
  47 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
  48 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
  49 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
  50 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
  51   (rdar://37789645)
  52 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
  53   correctly.
  54 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
  55   attribute.
  56 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
  57   should no longer be used.
  58 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
  59   accessor functions should be used instead.
  60
  61
  62 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
  63 ----------------------
  64
  65 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
  66 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
  67   component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
  68 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
  69   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
  70 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
  71 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
  72   (Issue #5235)
  73
  74
  75 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
  76 ----------------------
  77
  78 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
  79 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
  80 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
  81 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
  82   print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
  83 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
  84   (Issue #5208)
  85 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
  86 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
  87 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
  88   (Issue #5216)
  89 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
  90 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
  91   formats (Issue #5225)
  92 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
  93 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
  94   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
  95 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
  96   needed.
  97
  98
  99 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
 100 ----------------------
 101
 102 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 103 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
 104 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
 105   ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
 106 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 107 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 108 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
 109   underscore (Issue #4833)
 110 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 111   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 112 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
 113 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 114   (Issue #4966)
 115 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
 116   a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
 117 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
 118 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
 119   none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
 120 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
 121   (Issue #5093)
 122 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 123   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 124 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 125   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 126 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 127   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 128 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 129   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 130   respectively (Issue #5119)
 131 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
 132 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
 133   files (Issue #5144)
 134 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 135   (Issue #5154)
 136 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
 137   templates (Issue #5161)
 138 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
 139 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
 140   `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
 141 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
 142   when available (Issue #5168)
 143 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
 144   was seen (Issue #5170)
 145 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
 146 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
 147 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
 148 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
 149   (Issue #5185)
 150 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
 151   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
 152 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
 153 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
 154   (Issue #5194)