Documents for version 1.2

[Michael Sweet]

John A. Murdie wrote:
> Some possible candidates for FAQs (to which I don't know the
> answers):
> 
> 1. Will official paged PDF versions of the 1.2 documents be available
> in addition to the HTML files? I would find these convenient. (Of
> course I can print the HTML versions myself.)

No, the on-line help files are only provided as HTML and aren't
setup for (easy) conversion to PDF.

> 2. Are the 1.1 Software Administrators Manual and the Software Users
> Manual still entirely valid for 1.2? If new versions are not (yet?)
> available, a note on the `Documents' web page referring people to the
> list of changes would be useful.

They are incomplete, but for the most part everything in them is
still valid (some files have moved and RunAsUser is no longer
supported)

> 3. Thank you for the errata for the first (August 2001) printing of
> the CUPS book, but how much is that printed copy still of use with
> today's version of CUPS?

Like the old SUM/SAM, the book is still relevant but is missing
information on the new features (mainly policy, back-channel, port
monitor, and the driver interface stuff).

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