Roadmap

Last Updated 13 Feb 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 1.4 (1 Bug)

CUPS 1.4.x is a former stable branch. It is no longer being maintained, and any bug fixes will be applied against CUPS 1.5.x.

CUPS 1.5 (3 Bugs, 2 Fixed/Pending)

CUPS 1.5.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

4028 commandtops not robust against broken PostScript in PPD file  2 New MOD

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4027 ipp backend fails  1 None Pending HIGH

4008 Printer Kyocera FS 2000D remains in endless processing loop  2 None Pending MOD

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3933 Mac OS X can't print to Cups 1.5  2 Multiple Fixed 1.5.2 MOD

4026 CUPS 1.5.x can't handle JIS83-RKSJ PPD right  3 CUPS API Fixed 1.5.2 MOD

CUPS 1.6 (6 Features, 1 Bug)

CUPS 1.6 is the current development branch. Primary features are cross-platform support for color management and Bonjour and new IPP Everywhere-inspired printing APIs.

STR # Summary Subsystem Status Priority

3949 Allow partial matches for WITH-VALUE "/regex/"? ipptool Pending LOW

3066 Add avahi support  16 Multiple Pending RFE

3459 Please add a configure option for the installed cupsd permissions Build Files Pending RFE

3551 Handle SNMP supply level quirks  4 Backends Pending RFE

3767 Support for Zebra Technologies Kiosk Printers in CUPS  2 Sample Drivers Pending RFE

3808 CUPS does not support the colord color management framework on Linux  6 Scheduler Pending RFE

3925 Add new API for generic printer options/IPP attributes Multiple Pending RFE

CUPS -feature (32 Features, 2 Bugs)

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

STR # Summary Subsystem Status Priority

4017 Add waste tray status and cleaner unit end-of-life supply states  3 New RFE

4019 Try harder to match supply colorant values  1 New RFE

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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

3143 Provide setting for number of saved jobs for PreserveJobFiles Scheduler 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

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

3702 dnssd: construct CMD Device ID field from Bonjour TXT field Backends Pending RFE

3736 Allow ACLs based on domain sockets Scheduler Pending RFE

3772 Need better packaging/distribution scheme for large numbers of PPDs Multiple 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

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3991 Change default IPv6 address representation in URIs CUPS API Active RFE