CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 2007-05-03
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3
   5
   6         - Documentation updates (STR #1775, STR #2130, STR #2131,
   7           STR #2263, STR #2356)
   8         - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
   9           for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
  10         - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
  11           an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
  12         - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
  13           and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
  14         - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
  15           available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
  16         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
  17           if the corresponding PPD contains multiple products
  18           (STR #2334)
  19         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
  20           from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
  21           (STR #2334)
  22         - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
  23           which reports the version of CUPS that is running
  24           (STR #2240)
  25         - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
  26           if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
  27         - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
  28           backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
  29           it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
  30           (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
  31           (STR #2035, STR #2354)
  32         - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
  33           needed (STR #2353)
  34         - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
  35           to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
  36         - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
  37           of array elements (STR #2358)
  38         - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
  39         - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
  40           icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
  41         - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
  42           main administration page.  Instead, a new "List Available
  43           Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
  44           with the list of printers.
  45         - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
  46           policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
  47         - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
  48           data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
  49         - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
  50           file (STR #1871)
  51         - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
  52           correctly (STR #1985)
  53         - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
  54           from the server to the client (STR #2109)
  55         - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
  56           printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
  57         - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
  58         - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
  59           from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
  60         - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
  61           device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
  62           #1933)
  63         - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
  64           cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
  65         - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
  66           for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
  67         - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
  68           (STR #1171)
  69         - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
  70           web interface now return back to the original page (STR
  71           #2239)
  72         - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
  73           successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
  74         - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
  75           any address (STR #2008)
  76         - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
  77           Internet" check box (STR #1897)
  78         - The notify-events-default and
  79           notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
  80           (STR #1671)
  81         - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
  82           the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
  83           #1923)
  84         - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
  85         - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
  86         - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
  87           (STR #1701)
  88         - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
  89           to change the printer name, description,  and location
  90           (STR #1646)
  91         - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
  92           (STR #2206)
  93         - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
  94         - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
  95           for basic device control and information queries (STR
  96           #1898)
  97         - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
  98           instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
  99         - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
 100           functions to get the current index and insertion
 101           positions of an array.
 102         - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
 103           #2090)
 104         - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
 105           functions.
 106         - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
 107           which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
 108           strings (STR #1969)
 109         - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
 110           to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
 111           http_t members will no longer compile!
 112         - Added support for setting the document-format-default
 113           attribute on a per-printer basis.
 114         - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.