-CHANGES.txt - 2007-06-21
+CHANGES.txt - 2008-06-25
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-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3
+CHANGES IN CUPS V1.4b1
+
+ - The USB backend now uses libusb when available (STR #1575)
+ - Added ppdLocalizeAttr function to get the localized version
+ of an attribute.
+ - MIME types now support a priority() attribute (STR #2719)
+ - The standard MIME types are now installed in
+ DataDir/mime (STR #2719)
+ - The lpoptions command now describes custom options and
+ the necessary parameters (STR #2660)
+ - The ppdmerge program did not support Simplified Chinese
+ or Traditional Chinese language version strings (STR #2851)
+ - The PPD compiler now supports localizable attributes
+ (STR #2738)
+ - The ppdpo utility now includes cupsIPPReasons values in
+ the message catalogs it generates (STR #2754)
+ - The PPD compiler now supports conditional directives
+ (STR #2636)
+ - The ppdc utility now supports a "-t" option to test PPD
+ files (STR #2739)
+ - The ppdc utility now supports a "-m" option to use the
+ ModelName value as the output filename.
+ - The ppdc utility now supports a FileName directive to
+ set an alternate output filename (STR #2740)
+ - The side-channel API now supports SNMP queries for the
+ standard network backends.
+ - Added a PageLogFormat directive to the cupsd.conf file to
+ control the format of lines in the page_log file.
+ - Filters can now send PPD: messages to stderr to set PPD
+ keywords like DefaultPageSize while a job is printing.
+ - Added a mdns backend for discovery and printing to printers
+ that advertise themselves via DNS-SD (Bonjour)
+ - The ipp, lpd, and socket backends now support DNS-SD service
+ name resolution.
+ - The scheduler now uses a single shared file descriptor for
+ all DNS-SD registrations (STR #2674)
+ - The ipp, lpd, and socket backends now support SNMP-based
+ page accounting and supply level monitoring (STR #1655)
+ - Added support for cupsPJLDisplay attribute to control what
+ PJL commands are used to display the job information.
+ - Driver information files can now be installed in
+ /Library/Printers/PPDs.drv on Mac OS X.
+ - The CUPS image library now supports reading images larger
+ than 2GB.
+ - The scheduler now delays writing config and state files to
+ reduce disk activity (STR #2684)
+ - The CUPS-Get-Devices operation now supports the
+ exclude-schemes and timeout attributes to control which
+ backends are polled and for how long.
+ - The cups-deviced helper application now runs backends in
+ parallel to get the list of devices faster.
+ - Added --enable-pap configure option.
+ - The default cupsd.conf file now includes an "authenticated"
+ policy which requires authentication for remote print jobs.
+ - Added support for Czech and Hungarian in PPD files
+ (STR #2735, STR #2736)
+ - The PPD compiler tools now support Mac OS X .strings files
+ for localization (STR #2737)
+ - ppdOpen*() now default the colorspace member to PPD_CS_N
+ when no DefaultColorSpace attribute is present in the PPD
+ file.
+ - The build system has been updated to support separate
+ installation of data, program, header, and library files.
+ - All support libraries are now built as shared libraries
+ by default.
+ - The scheduler now manages ICC color profiles on Mac OS X.
+ - The network backends (ipp, lpd, socket) now support
+ SNMP-based supply and page count monitoring (STR #1655)
+ - The lppasswd program is no longer installed setuid to
+ root to make the default installation more secure.
+ - Added a new ppdLocalizeMarkerName() function to get
+ the localized version of a marker-names value.
+ - The scheduler now provides the printer-dns-sd-name
+ attribute for printers shared via DNS-SD/Bonjour.
+ - The pdftops filter now executes the Xpdf or poppler
+ pdftops utility to convert PDF files (STR #1471)
+ - Bonjour printer registrations now advertise as local or
+ global based on the current access policies for the
+ printer.
+ - cupsGetDests*() and cupsSetDests*() now track the last
+ used printer preference on Mac OS X.
+ - Added a new streaming request API (STR #2261)
+ - Added a new cupsGetNamedDest() function to the CUPS
+ library for faster printing with lp and lpr (STR #2638)
+ - The scheduler now sets the PAM RHOST value on systems
+ that support it (STR #2637)
+ - The scheduler now sandboxes child processes when
+ possible.
+ - The Cancel-Job operation now supports a purge-job
+ attriibute to purge a specified job.
+ - ppdEmit* and ppdCollect* now use the NonUIOrderDependency
+ attributes for custom option selections.
+ - The web interface now enables/disables the printer
+ sharing (formerly publishing) controls based on the
+ server-is-sharing-printers state (STR #2233)
+ - The scheduler now tracks printer sharing via the
+ server-is-sharing-printers attribute, and manages LPD
+ and SMB sharing as well (STR #2233)
+ - The web interface now allows you to go back to the make/
+ manufacturer page if there is no matching printer driver
+ on the model page (STR #2436)
+ - The printer list now shows the default media, banner, and
+ duplex options as well as the color and duplex capabilities
+ of printers (STR #1175)
+ - The web interface look-n-feel has been updated (STR #2492)
+ - The scheduler now supports a CUPS-Get-Document operation
+ that returns the specified print job document (STR #118)
+ - The cupsfilter utility now supports a "-J jobid" option
+ to filter the document from the specified job.
+ - The scheduler (cupsd) now supports a new option (-t) to
+ do a syntax check of the cupsd.conf file (STR #2003)
+ - Added new cupsGetPPD3() API to allow applications to
+ cache PPDs safely (STR #1473)
+ - Added generic PostScript and PCL printer driver PPDs.
- - Documentation updates (STR #1775, STR #2130, STR #2131,
- STR #2263, STR #2356, STR #2397)
- - The scheduler did not add a trailing banner page if a
- client did not specify the last document in a job (STR
- #1711)
- - The scheduler did not report Bonjour shared printers as
- remote printers (STR #2384)
- - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
- for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
- - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
- an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
- - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
- and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
- - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
- available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
- based on the PPD ModelName and Product strings (STR
- #2334, STR #2383)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
- from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
- (STR #2334)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the cupsModelNumber attribute
- from a PPD file in the ppd-model-number attribute (STR
- #2383)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports a driver type string in the
- ppd-type attribute based on the cupsFax and cupsFilter
- attributes in a PPD file (STR #2383)
- - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
- which reports the version of CUPS that is running
- (STR #2240)
- - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
- if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
- - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
- backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
- it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
- (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
- (STR #2035, STR #2354)
- - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
- needed (STR #2353)
- - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
- to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
- - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
- of array elements (STR #2358)
- - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
- - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
- icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
- - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
- main administration page. Instead, a new "List Available
- Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
- with the list of printers.
- - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
- policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
- - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
- data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
- - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
- file (STR #1871)
- - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
- correctly (STR #1985)
- - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
- from the server to the client (STR #2109)
- - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
- printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
- - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
- - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
- from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
- - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
- device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
- #1933)
- - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
- cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
- - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
- for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
- - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
- (STR #1171)
- - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
- web interface now return back to the original page (STR
- #2239)
- - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
- successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
- - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
- any address (STR #2008)
- - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
- Internet" check box (STR #1897)
- - The notify-events-default and
- notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
- (STR #1671)
- - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
- the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
- #1923)
- - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
- - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
- - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
- (STR #1701)
- - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
- to change the printer name, description, and location
- (STR #1646)
- - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
- (STR #2206)
- - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
- - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
- for basic device control and information queries (STR
- #1898)
- - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
- instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
- - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
- functions to get the current index and insertion
- positions of an array.
- - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
- #2090)
- - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
- functions.
- - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
- which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
- strings (STR #1969)
- - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
- to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
- http_t members will no longer compile!
- - Added support for setting the document-format-default
- attribute on a per-printer basis.
- - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.
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