CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 2007-07-26
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3rc1
   5
   6         - When lprm and cancel are run with no job ID, they now will
   7           cancel the first stopped job if no pending or processing
   8           jobs are left in the queue.
   9         - The scheduler now logs successful print jobs, filter
  10           failures, and the job file types at the default log
  11           level (STR #2458)
  12         - The scheduler now logs the usernames it is using for
  13           authorization at LogLevel debug instead of debug2 (STR #2448)
  14         - Added Intellitech Intellibar and Zebra CPCL PPDs to the list
  15           of installed PPDs.
  16         - Added 6" and 8" wide label sizes for the Zebra ZPL Label
  17           Printer driver (STR #2442)
  18         - The cupsaddsmb program and web interface now support
  19           exporting of 64-bit Windows drivers, when available
  20           (STR #2439)
  21         - Moving a job that was printing did not stop the job on the
  22           original printer (STR #2262)
  23         - The cups-lpd mini-daemon did not work on Mac OS X server.
  24         - Added httpGetAuthString() and httpSetAuthString() APIs to get
  25           and set the current (cached) authorization string to use for
  26           HTTP requests.
  27         - Updated the default cupsd.conf policy to list the
  28           "administrative" operations separately from the "printer
  29           control" operations so that it is easier to define a
  30           group of users that are "printer operators".
  31         - The web interface now pulls the default cupsd.conf file
  32           from cupsd.conf.default in the CUPS config directory.
  33         - Added a help file for using Kerberos with CUPS.
  34         - The scheduler now strips the "@KDC" portion of Kerberos
  35           usernames since those usernames typically do not appear in
  36           the group membership lists used by CUPS.
  37         - cupsMarkOptions() could (incorrectly) leave multiple option
  38           choices marked.
  39         - Backends could (incorrectly) run as root during discovery
  40           (STR #2454)
  41         - Avahi is now supported for DNS-SD (Bonjour) printer sharing
  42           (STR #2455)
  43         - The default cupsd.conf file had typos and old operation names
  44           (STR #2450)
  45         - The scheduler now erases authentication cache files using the
  46           7-pass US DoD algorithm.
  47         - Delegated Kerberos credentials (proxy authentication) did not
  48           work.
  49         - The filter makefile did not optimize the libcupsimage.2.dylib
  50           with a sectorder file.
  51         - The IPP backend incorrectly wrote an empty printer message
  52           when processing the "none" state reason.
  53         - The USB backend could deadlock on Mac OS X while performing
  54           a side-channel command.
  55         - The scheduler did not prevent remote queues from being
  56           shared/published.
  57         - The scheduler did not remove the temporary request file on
  58           authentication errors.
  59         - ppdLocalizeIPPReason() did not handle "scheme:" schemes or
  60           "file" URLs.
  61         - ppdLocalizeIPPReason() was not exported on Mac OS X.
  62
  63
  64 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3b1
  65
  66         - Copyright updates - CUPS is now owned by Apple Inc.
  67         - Documentation updates (STR #1775, STR #2027, STR #2130,
  68           STR #2131, STR #2263, STR #2356, STR #2397)
  69         - Added new cupsfilter utility (STR #1734)
  70         - Added new job-printer-state-message and
  71           job-printer-state-reasons attributes to jobs (STR #2418)
  72         - Added LDAP+SSL support (STR #1967)
  73         - CUPS now supports authentication via peer credentials
  74           over domain sockets (STR #2242, STR #2277)
  75         - The CUPS sample driver PPDs are now generated by the PPD
  76           compiler and include all of the localized languages by
  77           default (STR #2164)
  78         - You can now specify "AuthType Default" in the cupsd.conf
  79           file to use the default authentication defined by the
  80           DefaultAuthType directive.
  81         - The SNMP backend no longer adds a default Address line
  82           when none is specified in the snmp.conf file; this allows
  83           the backend to be easily disabled as needed (STR #2434)
  84         - Added a new cupsctl command for doing basic changes to
  85           the cupsd.conf file (STR #1777)
  86         - Added a new ppdLocalizeIPPReason() function to get the
  87           localized text/URI for a given IPP reason keyword for a
  88           driver.
  89         - Removed the deskjet2.ppd driver, as it only worked with
  90           a very small subset of HP DeskJet printers and was
  91           confusing to users.  The rastertohp driver still
  92           supports the deskjet2.ppd options for existing queues.
  93         - The scheduler did not add a trailing banner page if a
  94           client did not specify the last document in a job (STR
  95           #1711)
  96         - The scheduler did not report Bonjour shared printers as
  97           remote printers (STR #2384)
  98         - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
  99           for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
 100         - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
 101           an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
 102         - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
 103           and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
 104         - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
 105           available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
 106         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
 107           based on the PPD ModelName and Product strings (STR
 108           #2334, STR #2383)
 109         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
 110           from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
 111           (STR #2334)
 112         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the cupsModelNumber attribute
 113           from a PPD file in the ppd-model-number attribute (STR
 114           #2383)
 115         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports a driver type string in the
 116           ppd-type attribute based on the cupsFax and cupsFilter
 117           attributes in a PPD file (STR #2383)
 118         - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
 119           which reports the version of CUPS that is running
 120           (STR #2240)
 121         - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
 122           if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
 123         - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
 124           backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
 125           it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
 126           (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
 127           (STR #2035, STR #2354)
 128         - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
 129           needed (STR #2353)
 130         - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
 131           to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
 132         - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
 133           of array elements (STR #2358)
 134         - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
 135         - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
 136           icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
 137         - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
 138           main administration page.  Instead, a new "List Available
 139           Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
 140           with the list of printers.
 141         - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
 142           policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
 143         - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
 144           data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
 145         - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
 146           file (STR #1871)
 147         - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
 148           correctly (STR #1985)
 149         - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
 150           from the server to the client (STR #2109)
 151         - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
 152           printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
 153         - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
 154         - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
 155           from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
 156         - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
 157           device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
 158           #1933)
 159         - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
 160           cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
 161         - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
 162           for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
 163         - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
 164           (STR #1171)
 165         - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
 166           web interface now return back to the original page (STR
 167           #2239)
 168         - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
 169           successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
 170         - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
 171           any address (STR #2008)
 172         - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
 173           Internet" check box (STR #1897)
 174         - The notify-events-default and
 175           notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
 176           (STR #1671)
 177         - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
 178           the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
 179           #1923)
 180         - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
 181         - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
 182         - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
 183           (STR #1701)
 184         - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
 185           to change the printer name, description,  and location
 186           (STR #1646)
 187         - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
 188           (STR #2206)
 189         - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
 190         - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
 191           for basic device control and information queries (STR
 192           #1898)
 193         - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
 194           instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
 195         - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
 196           functions to get the current index and insertion
 197           positions of an array.
 198         - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
 199           #2090)
 200         - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
 201           functions.
 202         - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
 203           which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
 204           strings (STR #1969)
 205         - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
 206           to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
 207           http_t members will no longer compile!
 208         - Added support for setting the document-format-default
 209           attribute on a per-printer basis.
 210         - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.