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Last Updated 09 Sep 2012

This page provides a dynamic look at all open Software Trouble Reports ("STRs") that have been filed on the Bugs & Features page. If you would like to contribute code to implement/fix any of the STRs below, please consult the CUPS Developer Guide for the coding standards we follow and then post your changes to the corresponding STR.
 

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CUPS 1.5 (3 Bugs)

CUPS 1.5.x is a former stable branch. It is no longer being maintained, and any bug fixes will be applied against CUPS 1.6.x.

STR #	Summary	Subsystem	Status	Priority
4125	cups-remote-pending-held when only Send-Document requires encryption  2	Multiple	Pending	LOW
4140	No local Kerberos authentication	Scheduler	Pending	LOW
4198	IPP deadlock when last page got lost  1	Backends	Pending	LOW

CUPS 1.6 (9 Bugs, 2 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 #	Summary	Subsystem	Status	Priority
4096	cupsCopyDestConflicts and cupsEncodeOptions* do not handle collection attributes	CUPS API	Pending	MOD
4101	Add more unit tests and IPP Everywhere attributes to ippserver	Multiple	Pending	MOD
4172	Unable to use ipptool to send requests that require authentication since 1.5.4  4	ipptool	Pending	MOD
4177	hp and usb backends detect the printer but cups doesn't  1	Multiple	Pending	MOD
4187	_cupsConnect() can return cached http connection which is already unusable  3	CUPS API	Pending	MOD
4136	ipptool XML (plist) output includes empty dicts	ipptool	Pending	LOW
4150	TBCP quoting broken in combination with PJL	Port Monitors	Pending	LOW
4178	CUPs 1.6.x server does not send PPD/option info to CUPS 1.6.x client  10	CUPS API	Pending	LOW
4180	CUPS 1.6.1 crashes on shutdown	Scheduler	Active	MOD
4183	CUPS 1.6.1 crashes on startup when DNS-SD host name cannot get determined via Avahi  1	Scheduler	Fixed r10624	HIGH
4192	CUPS daemon crashes on bad entry in cupsd.conf  1	Scheduler	Fixed r10625	HIGH

CUPS 1.7 (7 Features)

CUPS 1.7 is the current development branch. Its focus is on improvements to IPP Everywhere, quotas, PIN printing, and follow-me printing.

CUPS -feature (39 Features, 2 Bugs)

The -feature branch contains features that have not yet been scheduled for a release.

STR #	Summary	Subsystem	Status	Priority
4071	allow client authentication using certificates		New	RFE
4103	cancel command does not work quiet as documented		New	RFE
4117	Failover and RFC2782 support for BrowseLDAPServer option		New	RFE
4123	support multiple authentication methods in cupsd.conf		New	RFE
4160	Datamax DPL Based Label Printer Filter  2		New	RFE
4164	LDAP Intergration		New	RFE
3239	snmp backend should verify hostname in device URI	Backends	Pending	LOW
3288	Spurious 'Bad request line "^W^C^A" from M.N.O.P!' messages in error_log  2	Scheduler	Pending	LOW
1177	Unable to change sort order of bugs on cups.org	Web Site	Pending	RFE
1914	Use Cancel-Jobs operation instead of Purge-Jobs for pending jobs in web interface	Multiple	Pending	RFE
2322	Mail notifications to event subscriptions should provide more details	Notifiers	Pending	RFE
2728	Print banner page from different input tray	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
2896	Applications need to be able to list and retreive installed ICC profiles	Multiple	Pending	RFE
2913	Improve Get-Jobs performance with large numbers of jobs  3	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
2930	Implement the --version and --help options in the cups tools	Multiple	Pending	RFE
2935	please support less restricted root backend permissions  3	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
2967	Group authentication with duplicated groups does not work  1	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
3092	Add support for printer list filtering  1	CUPS API	Pending	RFE
3168	Make `lp -i' able to restart a job with a job-hold-until attribute	System V Commands	Pending	RFE
3199	cups-lpd receives print file before establishing it can create a job on the cupsd  2	LPD Mini-Daemon	Pending	RFE
3274	Add way to purge individual jobs in web interface.  1	CGI Programs	Pending	RFE
3282	Web interface to allow input of message to explain why queue has been stopped	CGI Programs	Pending	RFE
3301	Web Interface: No Cancel or Back buttons	CGI Programs	Pending	RFE
3323	Transition legacy locale names to official ones	Multiple	Pending	RFE
3365	new printer support working, Tyco label printer  1	Sample Drivers	Pending	RFE
3369	Add support for lzma/xz to CUPS file APIs	CUPS API	Pending	RFE
3476	Make connection timeout adjustable  1	CUPS API	Pending	RFE
3483	Add FixPermissions directive	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
3604	Add/update P2600/ISO 27001 audit events for cupsd  1	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
3618	Generate self-signed certificate at start-up?	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
3736	Allow ACLs based on domain sockets	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
3767	Support for Zebra Technologies Kiosk Printers in CUPS  3	Sample Drivers	Pending	RFE
3777	"Share this printer" not checked when DefaultShared Yes in cupsd.conf	CGI Programs	Pending	RFE
3793	/usr/share/cups/profile/ is not a standard search path for profiles on Linux	None	Pending	RFE
3819	Performance enhancement for IPP-Get-Jobs  1	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
3917	Please introduce support for installing systemd units  2	Multiple	Pending	RFE
4035	Add support for bzip2 compression/decompression	CUPS API	Pending	RFE
4041	Template keywords are visible in some configurations	CGI Programs	Pending	RFE
4070	HostNameLookups Double giving IP lookup failed - connection from localhost closed	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
4094	Large PJL header from Xerox MacOS X and Windows drivers  1	Scheduler	Pending	RFE
4153	<DefaultPrinter> tag in printers.conf closes with </Printer>  1	Scheduler	Pending	RFE