Roadmap

CUPS 1.6 (6 Bugs, 90 Fixed/Pending)

CUPS 1.6.x is the current stable branch. Bug fix (patch) releases will come out approximately every 6-8 weeks as needed.

STR #SummarySubsystemStatusPriority
4264Changing Driver in CUPS updates Type, but not MakeModelNewLOW
4270long mime types not handled properlySchedulerNewLOW

4216Where is my "On Hold (Authentication Required)" ? Attachments 6NonePendingHIGH
4178CUPs 1.6.x server does not send PPD/option info to CUPS 1.6.x client Attachments 10CUPS APIPendingLOW
4254cupsd hangs when accessing remotely over sslNonePendingLOW

4274Printing to KonicaMinolta Bizhub C280 freezes printerNoneActiveMOD

4129RPM Build error during 1.6rc1Build FilesFixed 1.6-currentMOD
4137CUPS 1.6rc1 Spanish translation Attachments 1LocalizationFixed 1.6-currentLOW
2811There is no default timeout for filtersSchedulerFixed 1.6-currentRFE
3789avoid filters stalling print queuesSchedulerFixed 1.6-currentRFE
4132catalan translation Attachments 1LocalizationFixed 1.6-currentRFE
3935Drop serial and parallel backendsBackendsFixed r9925RFE
3930Transition all non-Mac filters to OpenPrintingMultipleFixed r9926RFE
3931Deprecate and stub out image file supportCUPS Imaging APIFixed r9927RFE
3932Remove PHP moduleScripting SupportFixed r9927RFE
3928Add accessors for IPP APIs and make IPP structures private.CUPS APIFixed r10100RFE
3929Make default IPP version 2.0 Attachments 1MultipleFixed r10102RFE
3926Deprecate PPD functions Attachments 1CUPS APIFixed r10103RFE
3922Drop support for CUPS Browsing and PollingMultipleFixed r10104RFE
3923Drop support for custom LDAP/SLP printer schemasSchedulerFixed r10104RFE
3924Add new dynamic destination APIsCUPS APIFixed r10188RFE
3980Clarify policy documentation Attachments 1DocumentationFixed r10298LOW
4006Update all usage of "dpc" to "dpcm" to match current PWG recommendations Attachments 1MultipleFixed r10299LOW
4010Remove and deprecate many optionsMultipleFixed r10300LOW
2053Pass job-originating-host-name value in LPD job Attachments 1MultipleFixed r10301RFE
2291Automatic cancellation of held jobs after a configured duration Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10302RFE
2856arbitrarily limits username/password to 32 characters Attachments 1MultipleFixed r10303RFE
3100expand PJL heade with Username Attachments 2CUPS APIFixed r10304RFE
3114allow setting of default user name from config file Attachments 2CUPS APIFixed r10305RFE
3927Deprecate the PPD compilerDocumentationFixed r10307RFE
3949Allow partial matches for WITH-VALUE "/regex/"? Attachments 1ipptoolFixed r10314LOW
3459Please add a configure option for the installed cupsd permissions Attachments 1Build FilesFixed r10327RFE
4017Add waste tray status and cleaner unit end-of-life supply states Attachments 4BackendsFixed r10328RFE
4019Try harder to match supply colorant values Attachments 1BackendsFixed r10328RFE
3772Need better packaging/distribution scheme for large numbers of PPDs Attachments 1MultipleFixed r10337RFE
3143Provide setting for number of saved jobs for PreserveJobFiles Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10359RFE
3066Add avahi support Attachments 16MultipleFixed r10470RFE
4087cups svn head does not build if HAVE_DNSSD is undefinedBuild FilesFixed r10471MOD
4090error while compiling Attachments 1Build FilesFixed r10487MOD
3551Handle SNMP supply level quirks Attachments 6BackendsFixed r10493RFE
4068Explanatory documentation what is "stable" in which caseDocumentationFixed r10497RFE
3808CUPS does not support the colord color management framework on Linux Attachments 8SchedulerFixed r10498RFE
4075PPD: Message Processing Bottlenecks Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10502LOW
3925Add new API for generic printer options/IPP attributesMultipleFixed r10506RFE
4105Stray character in backend/usb-libusb.cBackendsFixed r10529MOD
4119_cupsLangPuts() does not work correctly with string "" Attachments 2CUPS APIFixed r10530MOD
4109snmp backend binary dies if no IPv6 support in kernel Attachments 1BackendsFixed r10535LOW
4122Japanese Translation Attachments 2LocalizationFixed r10538LOW
4128libusb-based USB backend: Further fixes Attachments 8BackendsFixed r10543MOD
4131cupsctl(8) still mentions --[no-]remote-printersDocumentationFixed r10544LOW
4107catalan transtation Attachments 1LocalizationFixed r10547LOW
41451.6.0 won't build RPM on CentOS 5.8 Attachments 1Build FilesFixed r10558MOD
4148Web Interface Changed to Japanese Attachments 2LocalizationFixed r10559LOW
4149Dokumentation about "columns" contradicts the "What's New in 1.6" articleDocumentationFixed r10560LOW
4203please backport STR #4115 to CUPS 1.6PPD CompilerFixed r10803LOW
4219Scheduler does not validate client-provided UTF8 strings Attachments 2SchedulerFixed r10825MOD
4165cupsctl: Unknown option "--remote-printers"DocumentationFixed 1.6.0LOW
4180CUPS 1.6.1 crashes on shutdownSchedulerFixed 1.7-currentMOD
4220Debian / cups-filters 1.0.24: Job control files are not purged in the testsuite Attachments 4MultipleFixed 1.7-currentLOW
4156In many DNS-SD/Bonjour conditionals Avahi is not considered Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10573HIGH
4155CanonIP4200 does not print complete pages Attachments 4BackendsFixed r10574MOD
4157Default cupsd.conf still contains obsolete "Browse..." directives Attachments 1Config FilesFixed r10575LOW
4158DNS-SD-based print queues pointing to CUPS server are not considered remote printers with driver on server Attachments 2SchedulerFixed r10576LOW
4159For a raw queue pointing to a remote CUPS server via dnssd URI the options of the server's PPD are not shown by print dialogs Attachments 1CUPS APIFixed r10577LOW
4241IPP backend doc reads "default version 1.1" but actually it is 2.0DocumentationFixed r10604LOW
4183CUPS 1.6.1 crashes on startup when DNS-SD host name cannot get determined via Avahi Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10624HIGH
4192CUPS daemon crashes on bad entry in cupsd.conf Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10625HIGH
4191More quirk rules for the USB backend Attachments 2BackendsFixed r10626MOD
4195OpenBSD: error: 'intptr_t' undeclared Attachments 2MultipleFixed r10627MOD
4196OpenBSD: SO_PEERCRED requires the sockpeercred struct Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10628MOD
4199compile 1.6 with epm failed Attachments 1Packaging FilesFixed r10636MOD
4200cupsd crashed with SIGABRT in __assert_fail_base() Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10640HIGH
4213CUPS crashes on shutdown when taking down Avahi threaded poll Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10649HIGH
4244old control files (c*.O) left in var/spool/cups Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10753LOW
4136ipptool XML (plist) output includes empty dictsipptoolFixed r10755LOW
4187_cupsConnect() can return cached http connection which is already unusable Attachments 4CUPS APIFixed r10760MOD
4232[patch] Removing a printer in CUPS does not remove the device in colord Attachments 1SchedulerFixed r10761MOD
4234CUPS 1.6 documentation shows Browse Protocol as no longer be used in a future releaseDocumentationFixed r10762LOW
4242Possible problems found by static analysis of code of cups-1.6.1 Attachments 2MultipleFixed r10766LOW
4247French localization Attachments 1LocalizationFixed r10795LOW
4228Russian localization Attachments 1LocalizationFixed r10797LOW
4202Updated ca.po file Attachments 1LocalizationFixed r10799LOW
4201Czech localization Attachments 2LocalizationFixed r10801LOW
4229Error attempting to print anythingDocumentationFixed r10804LOW
4248Typo in cupsctl man page Attachments 1DocumentationFixed r10806LOW
4218blacklist USB printers that do not work with the "usb" backend Attachments 1BackendsFixed r10808LOW
4217USB backend quirk rule for Xerox Phaser 3124 (and maybe others) Attachments 1BackendsFixed r10810MOD
4231From CUPS 1.6.x on using a remote CUPS server via client.conf stopped working Attachments 8CUPS APIFixed r10813MOD
4259Typo in cups-files.conf manpage: cups-file.conf instead of cups-files.confDocumentationFixed r10817LOW
4262segmentation fault in test/ipptool.c:2557 Attachments 1ipptoolFixed r10827MOD
4261lp ignores silly options; should give error Attachments 1System V CommandsFixed r10829LOW
4263USB backend quirk rule for Canon MP210 Attachments 2BackendsFixed r10858MOD
4207Unable to get list of printer driversNoneNoneMOD
4251cupsaddsmb does not work Cups 1.6.1Windows DriverThird-partyMOD
41521.6.1 unable to print on RHEL6.3 system.NoneThird-partyLOW
4208Unsupported format "application/vnd.cups-banner"NoneThird-partyLOW