CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 1.7rc1 - 2013-07-03
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
   5
   6         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
   7           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
   8         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
   9           va_list arguments.
  10         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  11           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  12         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  13           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
  14         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
  15           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
  16         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
  17           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
  18         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
  19         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
  20           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
  21         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
  22           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
  23         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
  24           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
  25           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
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  28 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
  29
  30         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
  31           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
  32           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
  33         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
  34         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  35           environment variable for filters.
  36         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
  37         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
  38         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
  39           (STR #4289)
  40         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
  41           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
  42         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
  43           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
  44         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
  45           octetString value (STR #4289)
  46         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
  47           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
  48         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
  49           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
  50         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
  51         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
  52         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
  53         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
  54         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
  55           (STR #4168)
  56         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
  57           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
  58         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
  59         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
  60         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
  61           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)