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