CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 2007-08-01
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   4
   5 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3.0
   6
   7         - The PostScript filter did not cleanly terminate when
   8           the job was canceled or stopped.
   9         - Fixed generation of Kerberos credentials for remote
  10           printing.
  11         - Added Portuguese and updated Italian message catalogs.
  12
  13
  14 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3rc2
  15
  16         - Added more range checking to the pdftops filter.
  17         - The scheduler would crash if a remote IPP queue was stopped
  18           (STR #2460)
  19         - The scheduler did not allow "DefaultAuthType None".
  20
  21
  22 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3rc1
  23
  24         - Updated the German localization (STR #2443)
  25         - cupsAdminGetServerSettings() did not handle </Foo> properly.
  26         - When lprm and cancel are run with no job ID, they now will
  27           cancel the first stopped job if no pending or processing
  28           jobs are left in the queue.
  29         - The scheduler now logs successful print jobs, filter
  30           failures, and the job file types at the default log
  31           level (STR #2458)
  32         - The scheduler now logs the usernames it is using for
  33           authorization at LogLevel debug instead of debug2 (STR #2448)
  34         - Added Intellitech Intellibar and Zebra CPCL PPDs to the list
  35           of installed PPDs.
  36         - Added 6" and 8" wide label sizes for the Zebra ZPL Label
  37           Printer driver (STR #2442)
  38         - The cupsaddsmb program and web interface now support
  39           exporting of 64-bit Windows drivers, when available
  40           (STR #2439)
  41         - Moving a job that was printing did not stop the job on the
  42           original printer (STR #2262)
  43         - The cups-lpd mini-daemon did not work on Mac OS X server.
  44         - Added httpGetAuthString() and httpSetAuthString() APIs to get
  45           and set the current (cached) authorization string to use for
  46           HTTP requests.
  47         - Updated the default cupsd.conf policy to list the
  48           "administrative" operations separately from the "printer
  49           control" operations so that it is easier to define a
  50           group of users that are "printer operators".
  51         - The web interface now pulls the default cupsd.conf file
  52           from cupsd.conf.default in the CUPS config directory.
  53         - Added a help file for using Kerberos with CUPS.
  54         - The scheduler now strips the "@KDC" portion of Kerberos
  55           usernames since those usernames typically do not appear in
  56           the group membership lists used by CUPS.
  57         - cupsMarkOptions() could (incorrectly) leave multiple option
  58           choices marked.
  59         - Backends could (incorrectly) run as root during discovery
  60           (STR #2454)
  61         - Avahi is now supported for DNS-SD (Bonjour) printer sharing
  62           (STR #2455)
  63         - The default cupsd.conf file had typos and old operation names
  64           (STR #2450)
  65         - The scheduler now erases authentication cache files using the
  66           7-pass US DoD algorithm.
  67         - Delegated Kerberos credentials (proxy authentication) did not
  68           work.
  69         - The filter makefile did not optimize the libcupsimage.2.dylib
  70           with a sectorder file.
  71         - The IPP backend incorrectly wrote an empty printer message
  72           when processing the "none" state reason.
  73         - The USB backend could deadlock on Mac OS X while performing
  74           a side-channel command.
  75         - The scheduler did not prevent remote queues from being
  76           shared/published.
  77         - The scheduler did not remove the temporary request file on
  78           authentication errors.
  79         - ppdLocalizeIPPReason() did not handle "scheme:" schemes or
  80           "file" URLs.
  81         - ppdLocalizeIPPReason() was not exported on Mac OS X.
  82
  83
  84 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3b1
  85
  86         - Copyright updates - CUPS is now owned by Apple Inc.
  87         - Documentation updates (STR #1775, STR #2027, STR #2130,
  88           STR #2131, STR #2263, STR #2356, STR #2397)
  89         - Added new cupsfilter utility (STR #1734)
  90         - Added new job-printer-state-message and
  91           job-printer-state-reasons attributes to jobs (STR #2418)
  92         - Added LDAP+SSL support (STR #1967)
  93         - CUPS now supports authentication via peer credentials
  94           over domain sockets (STR #2242, STR #2277)
  95         - The CUPS sample driver PPDs are now generated by the PPD
  96           compiler and include all of the localized languages by
  97           default (STR #2164)
  98         - You can now specify "AuthType Default" in the cupsd.conf
  99           file to use the default authentication defined by the
 100           DefaultAuthType directive.
 101         - The SNMP backend no longer adds a default Address line
 102           when none is specified in the snmp.conf file; this allows
 103           the backend to be easily disabled as needed (STR #2434)
 104         - Added a new cupsctl command for doing basic changes to
 105           the cupsd.conf file (STR #1777)
 106         - Added a new ppdLocalizeIPPReason() function to get the
 107           localized text/URI for a given IPP reason keyword for a
 108           driver.
 109         - Removed the deskjet2.ppd driver, as it only worked with
 110           a very small subset of HP DeskJet printers and was
 111           confusing to users.  The rastertohp driver still
 112           supports the deskjet2.ppd options for existing queues.
 113         - The scheduler did not add a trailing banner page if a
 114           client did not specify the last document in a job (STR
 115           #1711)
 116         - The scheduler did not report Bonjour shared printers as
 117           remote printers (STR #2384)
 118         - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
 119           for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
 120         - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
 121           an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
 122         - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
 123           and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
 124         - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
 125           available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
 126         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
 127           based on the PPD ModelName and Product strings (STR
 128           #2334, STR #2383)
 129         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
 130           from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
 131           (STR #2334)
 132         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the cupsModelNumber attribute
 133           from a PPD file in the ppd-model-number attribute (STR
 134           #2383)
 135         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports a driver type string in the
 136           ppd-type attribute based on the cupsFax and cupsFilter
 137           attributes in a PPD file (STR #2383)
 138         - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
 139           which reports the version of CUPS that is running
 140           (STR #2240)
 141         - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
 142           if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
 143         - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
 144           backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
 145           it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
 146           (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
 147           (STR #2035, STR #2354)
 148         - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
 149           needed (STR #2353)
 150         - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
 151           to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
 152         - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
 153           of array elements (STR #2358)
 154         - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
 155         - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
 156           icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
 157         - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
 158           main administration page.  Instead, a new "List Available
 159           Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
 160           with the list of printers.
 161         - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
 162           policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
 163         - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
 164           data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
 165         - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
 166           file (STR #1871)
 167         - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
 168           correctly (STR #1985)
 169         - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
 170           from the server to the client (STR #2109)
 171         - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
 172           printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
 173         - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
 174         - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
 175           from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
 176         - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
 177           device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
 178           #1933)
 179         - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
 180           cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
 181         - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
 182           for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
 183         - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
 184           (STR #1171)
 185         - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
 186           web interface now return back to the original page (STR
 187           #2239)
 188         - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
 189           successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
 190         - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
 191           any address (STR #2008)
 192         - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
 193           Internet" check box (STR #1897)
 194         - The notify-events-default and
 195           notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
 196           (STR #1671)
 197         - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
 198           the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
 199           #1923)
 200         - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
 201         - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
 202         - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
 203           (STR #1701)
 204         - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
 205           to change the printer name, description,  and location
 206           (STR #1646)
 207         - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
 208           (STR #2206)
 209         - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
 210         - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
 211           for basic device control and information queries (STR
 212           #1898)
 213         - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
 214           instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
 215         - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
 216           functions to get the current index and insertion
 217           positions of an array.
 218         - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
 219           #2090)
 220         - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
 221           functions.
 222         - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
 223           which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
 224           strings (STR #1969)
 225         - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
 226           to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
 227           http_t members will no longer compile!
 228         - Added support for setting the document-format-default
 229           attribute on a per-printer basis.
 230         - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.