CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.3b5 - 2018-06-05
   2 ============================
   3
   4 Changes in CUPS v2.3b5
   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 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
  18 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
  19 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
  20 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
  21 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
  22 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
  23   `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
  24   rdar://37837581)
  25 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
  26   (rdar://39212256)
  27 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
  28   (rdar://40068936)
  29 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
  30 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
  31
  32
  33 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
  34 ----------------------
  35
  36 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
  37 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
  38   (Issue #5233)
  39 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
  40 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
  41 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
  42   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
  43 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
  44 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
  45 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
  46 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
  47   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
  48 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
  49 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
  50   (Issue #5259)
  51 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
  52   required a restart (Issue #5263)
  53 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
  54   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
  55 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
  56 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
  57 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
  58 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
  59 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
  60 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
  61   (rdar://37789645)
  62 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
  63   correctly.
  64 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
  65   attribute.
  66 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
  67   should no longer be used.
  68 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
  69   accessor functions should be used instead.
  70
  71
  72 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
  73 ----------------------
  74
  75 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
  76 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
  77   component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
  78 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
  79   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
  80 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
  81 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
  82   (Issue #5235)
  83
  84
  85 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
  86 ----------------------
  87
  88 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
  89 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
  90 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
  91 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
  92   print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
  93 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
  94   (Issue #5208)
  95 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
  96 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
  97 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
  98   (Issue #5216)
  99 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
 100 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
 101   formats (Issue #5225)
 102 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
 103 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
 104   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
 105 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
 106   needed.
 107
 108
 109 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
 110 ----------------------
 111
 112 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 113 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
 114 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
 115   ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
 116 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 117 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 118 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
 119   underscore (Issue #4833)
 120 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 121   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 122 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
 123 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 124   (Issue #4966)
 125 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
 126   a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
 127 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
 128 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
 129   none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
 130 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
 131   (Issue #5093)
 132 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 133   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 134 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 135   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 136 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 137   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 138 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 139   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 140   respectively (Issue #5119)
 141 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
 142 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
 143   files (Issue #5144)
 144 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 145   (Issue #5154)
 146 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
 147   templates (Issue #5161)
 148 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
 149 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
 150   `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
 151 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
 152   when available (Issue #5168)
 153 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
 154   was seen (Issue #5170)
 155 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
 156 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
 157 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
 158 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
 159   (Issue #5185)
 160 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
 161   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
 162 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
 163 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
 164   (Issue #5194)