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         - The scheduler did not report Bonjour shared printers as
   9           remote printers (STR #2384)
  10         - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
  11           for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
  12         - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
  13           an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
  14         - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
  15           and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
  16         - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
  17           available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
  18         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
  19           based on the PPD ModelName and Product strings (STR
  20           #2334, STR #2383)
  21         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
  22           from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
  23           (STR #2334)
  24         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the cupsModelNumber attribute
  25           from a PPD file in the ppd-model-number attribute (STR
  26           #2383)
  27         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports a driver type string in the
  28           ppd-type attribute based on the cupsFax and cupsFilter
  29           attributes in a PPD file (STR #2383)
  30         - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
  31           which reports the version of CUPS that is running
  32           (STR #2240)
  33         - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
  34           if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
  35         - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
  36           backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
  37           it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
  38           (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
  39           (STR #2035, STR #2354)
  40         - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
  41           needed (STR #2353)
  42         - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
  43           to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
  44         - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
  45           of array elements (STR #2358)
  46         - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
  47         - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
  48           icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
  49         - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
  50           main administration page.  Instead, a new "List Available
  51           Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
  52           with the list of printers.
  53         - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
  54           policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
  55         - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
  56           data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
  57         - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
  58           file (STR #1871)
  59         - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
  60           correctly (STR #1985)
  61         - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
  62           from the server to the client (STR #2109)
  63         - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
  64           printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
  65         - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
  66         - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
  67           from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
  68         - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
  69           device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
  70           #1933)
  71         - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
  72           cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
  73         - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
  74           for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
  75         - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
  76           (STR #1171)
  77         - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
  78           web interface now return back to the original page (STR
  79           #2239)
  80         - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
  81           successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
  82         - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
  83           any address (STR #2008)
  84         - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
  85           Internet" check box (STR #1897)
  86         - The notify-events-default and
  87           notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
  88           (STR #1671)
  89         - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
  90           the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
  91           #1923)
  92         - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
  93         - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
  94         - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
  95           (STR #1701)
  96         - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
  97           to change the printer name, description,  and location
  98           (STR #1646)
  99         - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
 100           (STR #2206)
 101         - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
 102         - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
 103           for basic device control and information queries (STR
 104           #1898)
 105         - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
 106           instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
 107         - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
 108           functions to get the current index and insertion
 109           positions of an array.
 110         - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
 111           #2090)
 112         - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
 113           functions.
 114         - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
 115           which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
 116           strings (STR #1969)
 117         - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
 118           to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
 119           http_t members will no longer compile!
 120         - Added support for setting the document-format-default
 121           attribute on a per-printer basis.
 122         - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.