prepare 2.1.rc1 for release

git-svn-id: svn+q:///qpdf/trunk@901 71b93d88-0707-0410-a8cf-f5a4172ac649

prepare 2.1.rc1 for release
git-svn-id: svn+q:///qpdf/trunk@901 71b93d88-0707-0410-a8cf-f5a4172ac649
Jay Berkenbilt
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ChangeLog
README
README-what-to-download.txt
README.maintainer
TODO
include/qpdf/Constants.h
include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
libqpdf/QPDF.cc
make_dist
make_windows_releases
manual/qpdf-manual.xml
qpdf.spec
qpdf/qpdf.cc
qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
+2009-10-25  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* 2.1.rc1: release
+
 2009-10-19  Jay Berkenbilt  <jberkenb@argonst.com>
  
 	* include/qpdf/QPDF.hh (QPDF): getWarnings now returns a list of
@@ -21,6 +25,12 @@
 	* libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc (unparseObject): avoid compressing
 	Metadata streams if possible.
  
+2009-10-13  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* Upgrade embedded qtest to version 1.4, which allows the test
+	suite to be run in Windows with MSYS and ActiveState Perl rather
+	than requiring Cygwin perl.
+
 2009-10-04  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
  
 	* Implement support AES encrypt and crypt filters.  Implementation
@@ -60,7 +70,7 @@
  
 2009-05-03  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
  
-	* 2.0.6. release
+	* 2.0.6: release
  
 	* libqpdf/QPDF_Stream.cc (filterable): ignore /DecodeParms if it's
 	not a type we recognize.  (Fixes qpdf-Bugs-2779746.)
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ Artistic License which may be found in the source distribution as
 warranty.
  
  
+Prerequisites
+=============
+
+QPDF depends on external libraries "zlib" and "pcre".  These are part
+of virtually all Linux distributions and are readily available;
+download information appears in the documentation.  You can also
+download the external library distributions in source from from qpdf's
+download site.  For Windows, you can download pre-built binary
+verisons of those libraries for some compilers; see README.windows for
+additional details.
+
+
 Licensing terms of embedded software
 ====================================
  
@@ -71,9 +83,11 @@ user&#39;s manual can be found in the &quot;doc&quot; directory.  The docbook
 sources to the user's manual can be found in the "manual" directory.
  
 The software library is just libqpdf, and all the header files are in
-the qpdf subdirectory.  If you link with -lqpdf and your system does
-not know how to read libtool .la files, then you will also need to
-link with -lpcre and -lz.
+the qpdf subdirectory.  If you link statically with -lqpdf, then you
+will also need to link with -lpcre and -lz.  The shared qpdf library
+is linked with -lpcre and -lz, and none of qpdf's public header files
+directly include files from pcre or libz, so in many cases, qpdf's
+development files are self contained.
  
 To learn about using the library, please read comments in the header
 files in include/qpdf, especially QPDF.hh, QPDFObjectHandle.hh, and
+To build from source for Linux or other UNIX/UNIX-like systems, it is
+generally sufficient to download just the source qpdf-<version>.tar.gz
+file.
+
+For Windows, there are several additional files that you might want to
+download.
+
+ * qpdf-<version>-bin-mingw.zip
+
+   If you just want to use the qpdf commandline program or use the
+   qpdf DLL's C-language interface, you can download this file.  You
+   can also download this version if you are using MINGW's gcc 4.4 and
+   want to program using the C++ interface.
+
+ * qpdf-<version>-bin-msvc.zip
+
+   If you want to program using qpdf's C++ interface and you are using
+   Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2008 (VC9), you can download this file.
+
+ * qpdf-external-libs-bin.zip
+
+   If you want to build qpdf for Windows yourself with either MINGW's
+   gcc 4.4 or VC9, you can download this file and extract it inside
+   the qpdf source distribution.  Please refer to README.windows in
+   the qpdf source distribution for additional details.
+
+ * qpdf-external-libs-src.zip
+
+   If you want to build the external libraries on your own (for
+   Windows or anything else), you can download this archive.  In
+   addition to including unmodified distributions of pcre and zlib, it
+   includes a README file and some scripts to help you build them for
+   Windows.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Release Reminders
  
      configure.ac
      qpdf.spec
-     qpdf/qpdf.cc
+     libqpdf/QPDF.cc
      manual/qpdf-manual.xml
  
    make_dist verifies this consistency.
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ Release Reminders
  * Remember to update documentation in the "files" subdirectory of the
    website on sourceforge.net.
  
- * Create a tag in the version control system.
+ * Create a tag in the version control system, and make backups of the
+   actual releases.
  
  * When releasing on source forge, external-libs distributions go in
    external-libs/yyyymmdd, and qpdf distributions go in qpdf/vvv
 2.1
 ===
  
- * Update documentation to reflect new command line flags and any
-   other relevant changes.  Should read through ChangeLog and the
-   manual before releasing 2.1.
-
- * Write documentation section on source-level API changes between 2.0
-   and 2.1.
-
- * Add comments for the security functions that map them back to the
-   items in Adobe's products.
-
- * Create the following packages:
-
-    - README-what-to-download.txt -- descriptions of what to download
-      on Windows, etc.
-
- * make_windows_releases:
-
-    - make sure external-libs exists; if not, tell the user to extract
-      it
-
-    - set path to include libqpdf/build
-
-    - ./config-mingw; make check install
-
-    - make distclean
-
-    - ./config-msvc; make check install
-
-    - instruct the user to create qpdf-vvv-bin-mingw.zip and
-      qpdf-vvv-bin-msvc.zip from the contents of the install-mingw and
-      install-msys directories.
-
-    *** still have to make sure libqpdf.a/qpdf.lib doesn't have to be
-        in the same directory as the dll, but I'm pretty sure it
-        doesn't.
-
- * "Delphi wrapper unit 'qpdf.pas' created by Zarko Gajic
-   (http://delphi.about.com). .. use at your own risk and for whatever
-   the purpose you want .. no support provided. Sample code provided."
-
+ * Remove rc1 from version; search for rc1 in release notes as
+   well...just change rc1 to 2.1 and update the date.
  
 2.2
 ===
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ enum qpdf_r3_print_e
     qpdf_r3p_low,		/* allow only low-resolution printing */
     qpdf_r3p_none		/* allow no printing */
 };
-enum qpdf_r3_modify_e
+enum qpdf_r3_modify_e		/* Allowed changes: */
 {
-    qpdf_r3m_all = 0,		/* allow all modification */
-    qpdf_r3m_annotate,	      /* allow comment authoring and form operations */
-    qpdf_r3m_form,		/* allow form field fill-in or signing */
-    qpdf_r3m_assembly,		/* allow only document assembly */
-    qpdf_r3m_none		/* allow no modification */
+    qpdf_r3m_all = 0,		/* General editing, comments, forms */
+    qpdf_r3m_annotate,	        /* Comments, form field fill-in, and signing */
+    qpdf_r3m_form,		/* form field fill-in and signing */
+    qpdf_r3m_assembly,		/* only document assembly */
+    qpdf_r3m_none		/* no modifications */
 };
  
 #endif /* __QPDFCONSTANTS_H__ */
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ class QPDFExc;
 class QPDF
 {
   public:
+    // Get the current version of the QPDF software
+    QPDF_DLL
+    static std::string const& QPDFVersion();
+
     QPDF_DLL
     QPDF();
     QPDF_DLL
@@ -304,6 +308,8 @@ class QPDF
     friend class Pipe;
  
   private:
+    static std::string qpdf_version;
+
     class InputSource
     {
       public:
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Null.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.hh>
  
+std::string QPDF::qpdf_version = "2.1.rc1";
+
 void
 QPDF::InputSource::setLastOffset(off_t offset)
 {
@@ -249,6 +251,12 @@ QPDF::ObjGen::operator&lt;(ObjGen const&amp; rhs) const
 	    ((this->obj == rhs.obj) && (this->gen < rhs.gen)));
 }
  
+std::string const&
+QPDF::QPDFVersion()
+{
+    return QPDF::qpdf_version;
+}
+
 QPDF::QPDF() :
     encrypted(false),
     encryption_initialized(false),
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ while (&lt;$fh&gt;)
 }
 $fh->close();
  
-$fh = safe_open("qpdf/qpdf.cc");
+$fh = safe_open("libqpdf/QPDF.cc");
 my $code_version = 'unknown';
 while (<$fh>)
 {
-    if (m/whoami << \" version ([^\"]+)\"/)
+    if (m/QPDF::qpdf_version = ([^\"]+)\"/)
     {
 	$code_version = $1;
 	last;
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ make distclean
 make check install
 make distclean
  
-cp -p README-windows-install.txt install-mingw/README.txt
-cp -p README-windows-install.txt install-msvc/README.txt
+cp -p README-windows-install.txt install-mingw/qpdf*/README.txt
+cp -p README-windows-install.txt install-msvc/qpdf*/README.txt
  
 set +x
  
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 <!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;">
 <!ENTITY ndash "&#x2013;">
 <!ENTITY nbsp "&#xA0;">
-<!ENTITY swversion "2.1.a1">
-<!ENTITY lastreleased "XXX, 2009">
+<!ENTITY swversion "2.1.rc1">
+<!ENTITY lastreleased "October 25, 2009">
 ]>
 <book>
  <bookinfo>
@@ -218,7 +218,9 @@ make
     <option>outfilename</option> does not have to be seekable, even
     when generating linearized files.  Specifying
     &ldquo;<option>-</option>&rdquo; as <option>outfilename</option>
-    means to write to standard output.
+    means to write to standard output.  However, you can't specify the
+    same file as both the input and the output because qpdf reads data
+    from the input file as it writes to the output file.
    </para>
    <para>
     Most options require an output file, but some testing or
@@ -399,7 +401,8 @@ make
        <para>
         Controls modify access.
         <option><replaceable>modify-opt</replaceable></option> may be
-        one of the following:
+        one of the following, each of which implies all the options
+        that follow it:
         <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -430,6 +433,40 @@ make
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--cleartext-metadata</option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        If specified, any metadata stream in the document will be left
+        unencrypted even if the rest of the document is encrypted.
+        This also forces the PDF version to be at least 1.5.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--use-aes=[yn]</option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        If <option>--use-aes=y</option> is specified, AES encryption
+        will be used instead of RC4 encryption.  This forces the PDF
+        version to be at least 1.6.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--force-V4</option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Use of this option forces the <literal>/V</literal> and
+        <literal>/R</literal> parameters in the document's encryption
+        dictionary to be set to the value <literal>4</literal>.  As
+        qpdf will automatically do this when required, there is no
+        reason to ever use this option.  It exists primarily for use
+        in testing qpdf itself.  This option also forces the PDF
+        version to be at least 1.5.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
     The default for each permission option is to be fully permissive.
    </para>
@@ -533,6 +570,50 @@ make
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--min-version=<replaceable>version</replaceable></option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Forces the PDF version of the output file to be at least
+        <replaceable>version</replaceable>.  In other words, if the
+        input file has a lower version than the specified version, the
+        specified version will be used.  If the input file has a
+        higher version, the input file's original version will be
+        used.  It is seldom necessary to use this option since qpdf
+        will automatically increase the version as needed when adding
+        features that require newer PDF readers.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--force-version=<replaceable>version</replaceable></option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        This option forces the PDF version to be the exact version
+        specified <emphasis>even when the file may have content that
+        is not supported in that version</emphasis>.  In some cases,
+        forcing the output file's PDF version to be lower than that of
+        the input file will cause qpdf to disable certain features of
+        the document.  Specifically, AES encryption is disabled if the
+        version is less than 1.6, cleartext metadata and object
+        streams are disabled if less than 1.5, 128-bit encryption keys
+        are disabled if less than 1.4, and all encryption is disabled
+        if less than 1.3.  Even with these precautions, qpdf won't be
+        able to do things like eliminate use of newer image
+        compression schemes, transparency groups, or other features
+        that may have been added in more recent versions of PDF.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        As a general rule, with the exception of big structural things
+        like the use of object streams or AES encryption, PDF viewers
+        are supposed to ignore features in files that they don't
+        support from newer versions.  This means that forcing the
+        version to a lower version may make it possible to open your
+        PDF file with an older version, though bear in mind that some
+        of the original document's functionality may be lost.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
    </para>
    <para>
@@ -1985,8 +2066,170 @@ print &quot;\n&quot;;
  </chapter>
  <appendix id="ref.release-notes">
   <title>Release Notes</title>
+  <para>
+   For a detailed list of changes, please see the file
+   <filename>ChangeLog</filename> in the source distribution.
+  </para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
+    <term>2.1.rc1: October 25, 2009</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        This is the first version of qpdf to include Windows support.
+        On Windows, it is possible to build a DLL.  Additionally, a
+        partial C-language API has been introduced, which makes it
+        possible to call qpdf functions from non-C++ environments.  I
+        am very grateful to Zarko Gagic (<ulink
+        url="http://delphi.about.com/">http://delphi.about.com/</ulink>)
+        for tirelessly testing numerous pre-release versions of this
+        DLL and providing many excellent suggestions on improving the
+        interface.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        For programming to the C interface, please see the header file
+        <filename>qpdf/qpdf-c.h</filename> and the example
+        <filename>examples/pdf-linearize.c</filename>.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Zarko Gajic has written a Delphi wrapper for qpdf, which can
+        be downloaded from qpdf's download side.  Zarko's Delphi
+        wrapper is released with the same licensing terms as qpdf
+        itself and comes with this disclaimer: &ldquo;Delphi wrapper
+        unit <filename>qpdf.pas</filename> created by Zarko Gajic
+        (<ulink
+        url="http://delphi.about.com/">http://delphi.about.com/</ulink>).
+        Use at your own risk and for whatever purpose you want.  No
+        support is provided.  Sample code is provided.&rdquo;
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Support has been added for AES encryption and crypt filters.
+        Although qpdf does not presently support files that use
+        PKI-based encryption, with the addition of AES and crypt
+        filters, qpdf is now be able to open most encrypted files
+        created with newer versions of Acrobat or other PDF creation
+        software.  Note that I have not been able to get very many
+        files encrypted in this way, so it's possible there could
+        still be some cases that qpdf can't handle.  Please report
+        them if you find them.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Many error messages have been improved to include more
+        information in hopes of making qpdf a more useful tool for PDF
+        experts to use in manually recovering damaged PDF files.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Attempt to avoid compressing metadata streams if possible.
+        This is consistent with other PDF creation applications.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Provide new command-line options for AES encrypt, cleartext
+        metadata, and setting the minimum and forced PDF versions of
+        output files.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Add additional methods to the <classname>QPDF</classname>
+        object for querying the document's permissions.  Although qpdf
+        does not enforce these permissions, it does make them
+        available so that applications that use qpdf can enforce
+        permissions.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        The <option>--check</option> option to <command>qpdf</command>
+        has been extended to include some additional information.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        There have been a handful of non-compatible API changes.  For
+        details, see <xref linkend="ref.upgrading-to-2.1"/>.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>2.0.6: May 3, 2009</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Do not attempt to uncompress streams that have decode
+        parameters we don't recognize.  Earlier versions of qpdf would
+        have rejected files with such streams.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>2.0.5: March 10, 2009</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Improve error handling in the LZW decoder, and fix a small
+        error introduced in the previous version with regard to
+        handling full tables.  The LZW decoder has been more strongly
+        verified in this release.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>2.0.4: February 21, 2009</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Include proper support for LZW streams encoded without the
+        &ldquo;early code change&rdquo; flag.  Special thanks to Atom
+        Smasher who reported the problem and provided an input file
+        compressed in this way, which I did not previously have.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Implement some improvements to file recovery logic.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>2.0.3: February 15, 2009</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Compile cleanly with gcc 4.4.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Handle strings encoded as UTF-16BE properly.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+   <varlistentry>
     <term>2.0.2: June 30, 2008</term>
     <listitem>
      <itemizedlist>
@@ -2031,4 +2274,87 @@ print &quot;\n&quot;;
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </appendix>
+ <appendix id="ref.upgrading-to-2.1">
+  <title>Upgrading from 2.0 to 2.1</title>
+  <para>
+   Although, as a general rule, we like to avoid introducing
+   source-level incompatibilities in qpdf's interface, there were a
+   few non-compatible changes made in this version.  A considerable
+   amount of source code that uses qpdf will probably compile without
+   any changes, but in some cases, you may have to update your code.
+   The changes are enumerated here.  There are also some new
+   interfaces; for those, please refer to the header files.
+  </para>
+  <itemizedlist>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     QPDF's exception handling mechanism now uses
+     <classname>std::logic_error</classname> for internal errors and
+     <classname>std::runtime_error</classname> for runtime errors in
+     favor of the now removed <classname>QEXC</classname> classes used
+     in previous versions.  The <classname>QEXC</classname> exception
+     classes predated the addition of the
+     <filename>&lt;stdexcept&gt;</filename> header file to the C++
+     standard library.  Most of the exceptions thrown by the qpdf
+     library itself are still of type <classname>QPDFExc</classname>
+     which is now derived from
+     <classname>std::runtime_error</classname>.  Programs that caught
+     an instance of <classname>std::exception</classname> and
+     displayed it by calling the <function>what()</function> method
+     will not need to be changed.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The <classname>QPDFExc</classname> class now internally
+     represents various fields of the error condition and provides
+     interfaces for querying them.  Among the fields is a numeric
+     error code that can help applications act differently on (a small
+     number of) different error conditions.  See
+     <filename>QPDFExc.hh</filename> for details.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     Warnings can be retrieved from qpdf as instances of
+     <classname>QPDFExc</classname> instead of strings.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The nested <classname>QPDF::EncryptionData</classname> class's
+     constructor takes an additional argument.  This class is
+     primarily intended to be used by
+     <classname>QPDFWriter</classname>.  There's not really anything
+     useful an end-user application could do with it.  It probably
+     shouldn't really be part of the public interface to begin with.
+     Likewise, some of the methods for computing internal encryption
+     dictionary parameters have changed to support
+     <literal>/R=4</literal> encryption.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The method <function>QPDF::getUserPassword</function> has been
+     removed since it didn't do what people would think it did.  There
+     are now two new methods:
+     <function>QPDF::getPaddedUserPassword</function> and
+     <function>QPDF::getTrimmedUserPassword</function>.  The first one
+     does what the old <function>QPDF::getUserPassword</function>
+     method used to do, which is to return the password with possible
+     binary padding as specified by the PDF specification.  The second
+     one returns a human-readable password string.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The enumerated types that used to be nested in
+     <classname>QPDFWriter</classname> have moved to top-level
+     enumerated types and are now defined in the file
+     <filename>qpdf/Constants.h</filename>.  This enables them to be
+     shared by both the C and C++ interfaces.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+ </appendix>
 </book>
 Summary: Command-line tools and library for transforming PDF files
 Name: qpdf
-Version: 2.1.a1
+Version: 2.1.rc1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Artistic
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
-URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qpdf/
+URL: http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/
  
 Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
  
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	//               1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
 	//      12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 	std::cout
-	    << whoami << " version 2.1.a1" << std::endl
+	    << whoami << " version " << QPDF::QPDFVersion() << std::endl
 	    << "Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Jay Berkenbilt"
 	    << std::endl
 	    << "This software may be distributed under the terms of version 2 of the"
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ flush_tiff_cache();
 show_ntests();
 # ----------
 $td->notify("--- Miscellaneous Tests ---");
-$n_tests += 14;
+$n_tests += 15;
+
+$td->runtest("qpdf version",
+	     {$td->COMMAND => "qpdf --version"},
+	     {$td->REGEXP => "qpdf version \\S+\n.*", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0},
+	     $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
  
 foreach (my $i = 1; $i <= 3; ++$i)
 {