Currently I work on the Ghostscript 9.10 Release Candidate 1. But I think we cannot do the "big jump" (see comment#15) for 13.1 because there is at least one more regression when upgrading CUPS:
The YaST printer module. In particular its "printing via network" and "share printers" stuff only works up to CUPS 1.5 because it needs CUPS Browsing. I have to do major work for the YaST printer module to let it use the cups-browsed from cups-filters for CUPS >= 1.6. Furthermore there is Dominique Leuenberger's response regarding "Cups >= 1.6" on opensuse-fact...@opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2013-08/msg00408.html that reads (excerpt): -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... incompatibility is now what we want at this stage; I already looked at the issue from 'the other' side and it was rather trivial to make it build with cups 1.5 without loosing functionality (the cups 1.6 getter/setter functions were used; so I just added macros to fall back to the old style direct access). So, let's stay with 1.5 an let's see to get upgraded for 13.2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think "incompatibility is now what we want at this stage" is a typo that should be "incompatibility is not what we want at this stage" because otherwise "let's stay with 1.5" would not make sense. Dominique Leuenberger, is my understanding of what you wrote in that mail correct? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061069 Title: CUPS 1.6 has major incompatible changes. Do not use CUPS 1.6.1 on stable Ubuntu releases Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “cups-filters” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “cups” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Status in “cups-filters” source package in Quantal: Invalid Status in “cups” source package in Raring: Fix Released Status in “cups-filters” source package in Raring: Fix Released Status in “cups” package in Suse: Confirmed Bug description: Drastic changes in CUPS 1.6.1 (non Apple feature removed mostly) are detrimental to Ubuntu users. We should wait until the missing features (like automatic appearing of remote CUPS queues) before to unleash the newer version to users. This means downgrading cups in Quantal. See LP Bug 1061063 and Bug 1052897 for examples and the big list on Suse bugzilla : https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735404 for more informations. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: W [03/Oct/2012:07:36:11 +0200] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id 'HP_LaserJet_P3010-Gray..' already exists W [03/Oct/2012:07:36:11 +0200] CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-HP_LaserJet_P3010' already exists Date: Wed Oct 3 18:23:44 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120911) Lpstat: device for Brother: dnssd://Brother%20QL-570%20%40%20gland._ipp._tcp.local/cups device for HP_LaserJet_P3010: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series?zc=laserjet MachineType: LENOVO 4293AA6 Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: HP_LaserJet_P3010: HP LaserJet P3010 Series Postscript (recommended) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_CH:fr TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=529c6222-fe36-40b3-9692-581c477062a4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/25/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 8DET61WW (1.31 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 4293AA6 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET61WW(1.31):bd04/25/2012:svnLENOVO:pn4293AA6:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4293AA6:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 4293AA6 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO modified.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2012-10-02T11:11:41.190220 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1061069/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp