[cups.general] Expected Features of 1.3.X release?

[Michael Sweet]

wtautz wrote:
> Michael Sweet wrote:
>> wtautz wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi, Just wondering what the changes will be between 1.2.X and 1.3.X?
>>>     
>> See:
>>
>>      http://www.cups.org/roadmap.php
>>
>>   
> Interesting. Kerberos will be welcome. What's the status on releasing
> full documentation, i.e., an updated book? At the rate the release cycle
> is happening the book will always be out of date :-)? Dare I say it...could
> you open source the book :-)? Perhaps as an Oreilly book that would
> be available for purchase or download.....

I am working on an updated book right now.  I had hoped to get it
out last month, but...

Anyways, the plan is to provide a HTML version on the cups.org site
with both PDF and printed versions available through lulu.com and
other sources.

> Any chance you can bump this one up on the list:
> http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1806
> of features.

Not likely unless you want to wait until December 2007 for 1.3 to
be released.  It ain't an easy problem to solve.

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