Comment 35 for bug 1061069

Only for venturous testers:

I made a first test version of CUPS 1.6.1
(without any fix of the issues in comment#12 and others)
as packages "cups161" and "cups" in "home:jsmeix"
for openSUSE 11.4/12.1/12.2 and SLE-11 SP1/SP2

See
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?expand=1&file=cups.changes&package=cups161&project=home%3Ajsmeix

Read
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=home%3Ajsmeix
in particular note
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This is my personal playground where
packages could be severely incompatible
with official openSUSE packages.
...
If you are unexperienced with manual
installation, do not install any package
from "home:jsmeix".
...
The packages in the "home:jsmeix" project
are only for testing, without any guarantee
or warranty, and without any support.
As an extreme example, this means if your
complete computer center crashes because
of those packages, it is only your problem.
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On my SLE-11 SP1 workstation I can print with it
to print queues on SLE-11 servers that run CUPS 1.3.9
and I can print PostScript files on my locally connected
(via USB) HP LaserJet 1220 PostScript printer
and I can print to my LaserJet 1220 from
an openSUSE 12.2 client that runs CUPS 1.5.3 and
from a SLED11-SP2 client that runs CUPS 1.3.9.

Printing other file types (e.g. PDF or plain text)
does not yet work because currently there
is no "cups-filters" package available,
see "CUPS 1.6 has major incompatible changes" at
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell