CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 2007-06-21
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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, STR #2397)
   8         - The scheduler did not add a trailing banner page if a
   9           client did not specify the last document in a job (STR
  10           #1711)
  11         - The scheduler did not report Bonjour shared printers as
  12           remote printers (STR #2384)
  13         - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
  14           for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
  15         - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
  16           an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
  17         - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
  18           and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
  19         - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
  20           available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
  21         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
  22           based on the PPD ModelName and Product strings (STR
  23           #2334, STR #2383)
  24         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
  25           from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
  26           (STR #2334)
  27         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the cupsModelNumber attribute
  28           from a PPD file in the ppd-model-number attribute (STR
  29           #2383)
  30         - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports a driver type string in the
  31           ppd-type attribute based on the cupsFax and cupsFilter
  32           attributes in a PPD file (STR #2383)
  33         - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
  34           which reports the version of CUPS that is running
  35           (STR #2240)
  36         - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
  37           if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
  38         - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
  39           backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
  40           it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
  41           (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
  42           (STR #2035, STR #2354)
  43         - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
  44           needed (STR #2353)
  45         - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
  46           to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
  47         - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
  48           of array elements (STR #2358)
  49         - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
  50         - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
  51           icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
  52         - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
  53           main administration page.  Instead, a new "List Available
  54           Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
  55           with the list of printers.
  56         - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
  57           policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
  58         - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
  59           data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
  60         - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
  61           file (STR #1871)
  62         - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
  63           correctly (STR #1985)
  64         - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
  65           from the server to the client (STR #2109)
  66         - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
  67           printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
  68         - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
  69         - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
  70           from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
  71         - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
  72           device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
  73           #1933)
  74         - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
  75           cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
  76         - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
  77           for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
  78         - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
  79           (STR #1171)
  80         - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
  81           web interface now return back to the original page (STR
  82           #2239)
  83         - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
  84           successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
  85         - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
  86           any address (STR #2008)
  87         - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
  88           Internet" check box (STR #1897)
  89         - The notify-events-default and
  90           notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
  91           (STR #1671)
  92         - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
  93           the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
  94           #1923)
  95         - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
  96         - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
  97         - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
  98           (STR #1701)
  99         - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
 100           to change the printer name, description,  and location
 101           (STR #1646)
 102         - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
 103           (STR #2206)
 104         - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
 105         - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
 106           for basic device control and information queries (STR
 107           #1898)
 108         - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
 109           instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
 110         - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
 111           functions to get the current index and insertion
 112           positions of an array.
 113         - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
 114           #2090)
 115         - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
 116           functions.
 117         - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
 118           which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
 119           strings (STR #1969)
 120         - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
 121           to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
 122           http_t members will no longer compile!
 123         - Added support for setting the document-format-default
 124           attribute on a per-printer basis.
 125         - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.