[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 130425] New: KDEPrint should get into sync with CUPS 1.2.x developments and add support for all new 1.2.x features

[Kurt Pfeifle]

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           Summary: KDEPrint should get into sync with CUPS 1.2.x
                    developments and add support for all new 1.2.x features
           Product: kdeprint
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kde-print-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: pfeifle kde org


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.3)
Installed from:    Unspecified
Compiler:          not relevant not relevant
OS:                Linux

Please update KDEPrint to support all newly introduced features of CUPS 1.2. As a minimum, this support should be implemented in the first release of KDE4. If possible, backport it to future KDE 3.5.x or 3.6.x releases.


Details
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There are 15 currently unsupported cupsd.conf 1.1.x parameters in KDEPrint:

  - BrowseLDAPBindDN
  - BrowseLDAPDN
  - BrowseLDAPPassword
  - BrowseLDAPServer
  - BrowseLocalOptions
  - BrowseLocalProtocols
  - BrowseRemoteOptions
  - BrowseRemoteProtocols
  - DefaultEncryption
  - DefaultPolicy
  - DefaultShared
  - JobRetryInterval
  - JobRetryLimit
  - PassEnv
  - Policy
  - ServerToken
  - SetEnv
  - UseNetworkDefault

Users should be able to configure those CUPS server parameters when running "kaddprinterwizard --serverconfig". 

For an explanation of these new cupsd.conf parameters, see 

   http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/ref-cupsd-conf.html

See also bug #130423 for features included in CUPS 1.1.x, but still unsupported in current KDEPrint.