libcups v3.0b1

libcups v3.0b1 is the first beta release of the CUPS v3 library and tools which remove deprecated APIs, add new APIs, and normalize existing APIs. Changes include:

• Documentation updates (Issue #32)
• Split out libcups and tools from CUPS 2.x.
• Simplified the configure script.
• Now require a C99-capable C compiler.
• Now require GNU TLS, LibreSSL, or OpenSSL.
• Now require ZLIB.
• Now require POSIX or Windows threading support.
• Now require the poll function (WSAPoll on Windows).
• Now install with a prefix by default to allow coexistance with CUPS 2.x (Issue #21)
• Added new GENERATE-FILE directive for ipptool test files.
• Added new ATTR-IF-DEFINED and ATTR-IF-NOT-DEFINED directives to IPP data files (Issue #3)
• Added ippFile API for working with IPP data files as used by ipptool, ippexeprinter, and other tools (Issue #14)
• Added a roll to the default color ippeveprinter printer.
• Added new DNS-SD API (Issue #19)
• Added new PWG media sizes.
• Added new WITH-ALL-VALUES-FROM predicate for ipptool files (Issue #20)
• Added new SAVE-ALL-CONTENT, WITH-ALL-CONTENT, and WITH-ALL-MIME-TYPES predicates for ipptool files (Issue #22)
• Added, modernized, and promoted the localization interfaces to public API (Issue #24)
• Added public JSON API (Issue #31)
• Added new basename variable for use in ipptool files (Issue #44)
• Updated the CUPS API for consistency.
• Fixed ipptool's handling of EXPECT for member attributes (Issue #4)
• Fixed ipptool's support for octetString values (Issue #23)
• Removed all obsolete/deprecated CUPS 2.x APIs.
• Removed (obsolete) Kerberos support.
• Removed support for SecureTransport (macOS) due to deprecation of the platform API.
• Removed support for SChannel (Windows) due to restrictions on its use in domain accounts.

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