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authorJason McDonald <jason.mcdonald@nokia.com>2009-11-11 03:16:26 (GMT)
committerJason McDonald <jason.mcdonald@nokia.com>2009-11-11 03:16:26 (GMT)
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First pass review of changes file.
Cleanup descriptions + reformat to 80 columns. Reviewed-by: Trust Me
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+++ b/dist/changes-4.6.0
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ The Qt version 4.6 series is binary compatible with the 4.5.x series.
Applications compiled for 4.5 will continue to run with 4.6.
Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
-corresponding to tasks in the Task Tracker:
+corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker, the (now obsolete) Task
+Tracker, or the Merge Request queue of the public source repository.
- http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker
+Qt Bug Tracker: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com
+Task Tracker: http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker
+Merge Request: http://qt.gitorious.org
Each of these identifiers can be entered in the task tracker to obtain more
information about a particular change.
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ information about a particular change.
- OpenVG graphics system added.
- - Add 800x480 screen mode to qvfb configuration dialog.
+ - Added 800x480 screen mode to qvfb configuration dialog.
- Improved support for input methods in graphics view.
@@ -51,12 +54,18 @@ information about a particular change.
- QAbstractVideoSurface, QVideoFrame
* New abstract video output classes.
- - New state machine framework added to QtCore
+ - New state machine framework added to QtCore.
+
Third party components
----------------------
- - Updated FreeType to version 2.3.9
+ - Updated FreeType to version 2.3.9.
+
+ - Updated harfbuzz to the latest version from fd.org.
+
+ - Updated sqlite to version 3.6.19.
+
****************************************************************************
* Library *
@@ -65,36 +74,39 @@ Third party components
QtCore
- QByteArray
- * New overloads for QByteArray::insert() and QByteArray::prepend()
+ * New overloads for QByteArray::insert() and QByteArray::prepend().
- QFile
- * Make QFile::resize() more robust when operating on buffered files
+ * Make QFile::resize() more robust when operating on buffered files.
- QObject
- * [259514] fixed a possible dead-lock in the destructor
- * Added the possibility to pass the flag Qt::UniqueConnection to QObject::connect
- * Fixed race conditions that occured when moving object to threads while connecting
+ * [259514] fixed a possible dead-lock in the destructor.
+ * Added the possibility to pass the flag Qt::UniqueConnection to
+ QObject::connect.
+ * Fixed race conditions that occured when moving object to threads
+ while connecting.
- QPluginLoader
- * Improved performance of plugin loading by reusing the plugin cache instead of loading
- it every time.
+ * Improved performance of plugin loading by reusing the plugin cache
+ instead of loading it every time.
- QProcessEnvironment
- * New class; support for easy access to key/value pairs in the
- process environment
+ * New class; support for easy access to key/value pairs in the process
+ environment.
- QRegExp
- * New pattern syntax "QRegExp::WildcardUnix" with wildcard characters escaping
+ * New pattern syntax "QRegExp::WildcardUnix" with wildcard character
+ escaping.
- QScopedPointer
- * New pointer class for cleaning up objects when leaving the
- current scope
+ * New pointer class for cleaning up objects when leaving the current
+ scope.
- QSharedPointer
- * Added support for creating the object along the internal private
+ * Added support for creating the object along with the internal private
data in one single memory allocation. (QSharedPointer::create)
- * Fixed a bug where, in a race condition, QSharedPointer could
- track a pointer that was being deleted.
+ * Fixed a bug where, in a race condition, QSharedPointer could track a
+ pointer that was being deleted.
- QTextStream
* [221316] Fixed crash on large input.
@@ -107,15 +119,15 @@ QtCore
being accepted. See below in "Important Behavior Changes".
- QVariant
- * Many optimisations
- * Added QVariant::toFloat() and QVariant::toReal()
- * Added QVariant(float) constructor
+ * Many optimisations.
+ * Added QVariant::toFloat() and QVariant::toReal().
+ * Added QVariant(float) constructor.
* qvariant_cast<QVariant> and qVariantFromValue<QVariant> are now
- identify functions
+ identity functions.
* Added support for math3d types.
- QXmlStreamWriter
- * [256468] fix comment indentation
+ * [256468] Fixed comment indentation.
- QWeakPointer
* Added support for tracking QObject-derived classes that aren't
@@ -126,7 +138,7 @@ QtCore
- QUuid
* [QTBUG-3543] Fixed a bug in createUuid() which caused multiple
- threads to generate the identical UUID sequences
+ threads to generate the identical UUID sequences.
- QEventDispatcherGlib (internal class)
* Fix a regression introduced in 4.5.3 that would cause timers to not
@@ -135,19 +147,19 @@ QtCore
- QEventDispatcherUNIX (internal class)
* Improve detection of monotonic clock support to include
non-POSIX.1-2001 compliant systems.
- * [250681] Fix time change detection on UNIX systems without
- monotonic timers.
+ * [250681] Fix time change detection on UNIX systems without monotonic
+ timers.
- QEventDispatcherWin32 (internal class)
* Changed the threshold for using multimedia timers to 20ms (was 10ms).
* Changed the way Qt's posted events are sent by the event
- dispatcher. The are now driven on top of a Windows message
+ dispatcher. They are now driven on top of a Windows message
instead of an explicit call in processEvents(). This means that
posted events are sent even when a Windows modal message loop is
running (for example, when the user is moving a window or when a
native modal dialog is visible).
- * Fixed a bug that would allow the same timer id to be used by
- multiple QTimer instances.
+ * Fixed a bug that would allow the same timer id to be used by multiple
+ QTimer instances.
- QTextCodec
* Instantiate the CP949 codec when building with -no-iconv.
@@ -158,166 +170,183 @@ QtCore
QtGui
- Qt::escape
- * now escape the double quote (&quot;)
+ * Now escape the double quote (&quot;).
- QGraphicsAnchorLayout
- * Support for expanding size policy has been removed. (The Qt 4.6
- Beta had support for it).
+ * Support for expanding size policy has been removed. (The Qt 4.6 Beta
+ had support for it).
- QCalendarWidget
- * [252943] QCalendarWidget::setDateTextFormat() reset the format if the date is invalid.
+ * [252943] QCalendarWidget::setDateTextFormat() reset the format if the
+ date is invalid.
- QCompleter
- * [246056] Fixed a possible assertion when setting the completer prefix
+ * [246056] Fixed a possible assertion when setting the completer prefix.
- QEvent
* Introduced RequestSoftwareInputPanel and CloseSoftwareInputPanel events.
- QFontDialog
- * [256466] fixed the dialog not always returning the selected style.
+ * [256466] Fixed the dialog not always returning the selected style.
- QGraphicsBlurEffect
- * Since the 4.6 beta Qt::RenderHint has been moved to
+ * Since the 4.6 Beta, Qt::RenderHint has been moved to
QGraphicsBlurEffect::BlurHint.
-
* Input contexts are not activated for disabled widgets anymore.
-
* [250555] Data copied from Mozilla Firefox can now be pasted correctly to
a Qt application.
- QGraphicsItem
- * Fixed bug and improved accuracy of QGraphicsItem::childrenBoundingRect().
* Many optimizations.
- * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemHasNoContents
- * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemSendsGeometryChanges (see Behavioral Changes)
- * Introduced QGraphicsItem::focusProxy(), focus proxy support
- * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemNegativeZStacksBehindParent
- * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemIsPanel, light-weight window support
+ * Fixed bug and improved accuracy of QGraphicsItem::childrenBoundingRect().
+ * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemHasNoContents.
+ * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemSendsGeometryChanges (see Behavioral
+ Changes).
+ * Introduced QGraphicsItem::focusProxy(), focus proxy support.
+ * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemNegativeZStacksBehindParent.
+ * Introduced QGraphicsItem::ItemIsPanel, light-weight window support.
* Introduced modality support for QGraphicsItem panels.
* Introduced activation support.
- * Introduced QGraphicsItem::stackBefore()
+ * Introduced QGraphicsItem::stackBefore().
* Cached items are now always invalidated when update() is called.
* Added input hints.
+ * Added a new set of properties to set a transformation on an item.
- QGraphicsLayout
- * Introduced QGraphicsLayout::addChildLayoutItem()
+ * Introduced QGraphicsLayout::addChildLayoutItem().
- QGraphicsObject
- * New class; inherits QGraphicsItem and adds notification signals and property declarations.
+ * New class; inherits QGraphicsItem and adds notification signals and
+ property declarations.
- QGraphicsProxyWidget
- * [251407] Fixed window flag handling. Now QGraphicsProxyWidget's flags win.
- * Fix Qt::ClickFocus policy
+ * [251407] Fixed window flag handling. Now QGraphicsProxyWidget's flags
+ win.
+ * Fix Qt::ClickFocus policy.
- QGraphicsScene
+ * Many optimizations.
* [245317] Fixes to mouse grabbing behavior.
* Fixed delivery of double-click events after explicit grab and then ungrab.
- * Rewrote the internal rendering to use a recursive instead of an iterative approach.
- * Many optimizations.
+ * Rewrote the internal rendering to use a recursive instead of an iterative
+ approach.
* Ensure hover enter events are delivered when an item is pressed.
* Introduced activation support.
* Fixed bugs in initial focus support.
- QGraphicsTextItem
- * Now inherits from QGraphicsObject instead
+ * Now inherits from QGraphicsObject instead.
- QGraphicsTransform
* New class; eases animation of transformations for QGraphicsItem.
- QGraphicsView
- * Fix mapToScene(QRect) to avoid extra unnecessary adjustments.
* Many optimizations.
- * Introduced QGraphicsView::isTransformed()
- * [QTBUG-4151] Items with parent that sets ItemClipsChildrenToShape were sometimes invisible.
+ * Fix mapToScene(QRect) to avoid extra unnecessary adjustments.
+ * Introduced QGraphicsView::isTransformed().
+ * [QTBUG-4151] Items with parent that sets ItemClipsChildrenToShape were
+ sometimes invisible.
- QGraphicsWidget
- * Now inherits from QGraphicsObject instead
- * Interactive resizing of top level windows now respects height-for-width constraints.
+ * Now inherits from QGraphicsObject instead.
+ * Interactive resizing of top level windows now respects height-for-width
+ constraints.
* Reduced memory footprint.
- QAbstractItemView
- * [256502] Fixes selectionModel::hasSelection return value after model::reset
+ * [256502] Fixes selectionModel::hasSelection return value after
+ model::reset.
- QHeaderView
- * [208320] Make sure the sort indicator s taken into account for the size hint
- * [255574] Make sure the sizehint for the section depend on visible sections
+ * [208320] Make sure the sort indicator is taken into account for the size
+ hint.
+ * [255574] Make sure the size hint for the section depends on visible
+ sections.
- QMainWindow
- * [226060] Adding actions to a toolbar would always make the next toolbar move
+ * [226060] Adding actions to a toolbar would always make the next toolbar
+ move.
- QMenuBar
- * [260873] Fix mouse interaction while undocking a widget from the main window
- * dock areas don't get a splitter if their dock widgets are not resizable
+ * [260873] Fix mouse interaction while undocking a widget from the main
+ window
+ * Dock areas didn't get a splitter if their dock widgets were not
+ resizable.
- QColumnView
- * [246999] Fixed view not updating when the model is changed dynamically
+ * [246999] Fixed view not updating when the model changed dynamically.
- QLineEdit
* [248948] Clear selection when redoing a delete operation.
- * [QTBUG-5261] Fixed: Erasing characters from textedits does not update the text
+ * [QTBUG-5261] Fixed bug where erasing characters from a textedit did not
+ update the text.
- QListView
- * [243335] Fixed the visualRect to return correct values when the widget is not yet show
+ * [243335] Fixed the visualRect to return correct values when the widget is
+ not yet shown.
- QTreeView
- * [234930] Be able to use :has-children and :has-sibillings in a stylesheet
- * [252616] Set QStyleOptionViewItemV4::OnlyOne flag when painting spanning columns
- * [245654] Fixed expandAll when deleting and recreating a mode for the tree
- * [239271] Fixed missing update when adding a row when the first column is hidden
- * [258225] Fixed scrollTo with center and bottom
+ * [234930] Be able to use :has-children and :has-sibillings in a stylesheet.
+ * [252616] Set QStyleOptionViewItemV4::OnlyOne flag when painting spanning
+ columns.
+ * [245654] Fixed expandAll when deleting and recreating a mode for the tree.
+ * [239271] Fixed missing update when adding a row when the first column is
+ hidden.
+ * [258225] Fixed scrollTo with center and bottom.
- QTreeWidget
- * [253109] Shows the widget when calling setItemWidget
+ * [253109] Shows the widget when calling setItemWidget.
- QTableView
- * [191545] Selections work more similarly to well-known spreadsheets
- * [234926] Fixed sorting after changing QTableView header
+ * [191545] Selections work more similarly to well-known spreadsheets.
+ * [234926] Fixed sorting after changing QTableView header.
* [244651] [245327] [250193] [QTBUG-5062] Spans get plenty of love with
- speed-up, support for rows/columns insertion/removal, and better keyboard
- navigation
+ performance improvements, support for row/column insertioa and removal,
+ and better keyboard navigation.
- QTableWidget
* [234641] Fixed takeItem to cause the view to be updated.
- QTabBar
- * [196326] Fixed having a stylesheet on a QTabBar resulted in some tab names
- to be slightly clipped.
+ * [196326] Fixed having a stylesheet on a QTabBar resulted in some tab
+ names being slightly clipped.
* [241383] Added ability to style the close tab button with style sheet
- QImageReader
- * [255627] Fix floating point exception in QImageReader::setScaledSize(QSize(0, 0))
+ * [255627] Fix floating point exception in
+ QImageReader::setScaledSize(QSize(0, 0)).
- QComboBox
- * [220195] Fixed keyboard search when current index is -1
+ * [220195] Fixed keyboard search when current index is -1.
- QPixmap
* Optimized width(), height(), isNull() and depth().
- * [QTBUG-2832] Fixed bug where calling fill on pixmap with active painter could crash.
+ * [QTBUG-2832] Fixed bug where calling fill on pixmap with active painter
+ could crash.
- QRegion
* Minor optimizations.
- QSpinBox
- * [259226] Fixed setting a stylesheet on a QSpinBox to change the arrow possition
+ * [259226] Fixed setting a stylesheet on a QSpinBox to change the arrow
+ position.
* [255051] Fixed sizeHint update bug.
- QStandardItemModel
- * [255652] Fixed crash while using takeRow with a QSortFilterProxyModel
+ * [255652] Fixed crash while using takeRow with a QSortFilterProxyModel.
- QToolTip
- * Fixed a bug where tooltips were not shown in popups. (Windows only).
-
- - QGraphicsItem
- * Added a new set of properties to set a transformation on a item
+ * Fixed a bug where tooltips were not shown in popups (Windows only).
- QMenu
- * [252610] Fixed position of the shortcut text while setting a stylesheet on menu items
+ * [252610] Fixed position of the shortcut text while setting a stylesheet
+ on menu items
- QSortFilterProxyModel
* [251296] Fixed bugs in which filtered items could not be filtered.
- QSplitter
- * [206494] Added ability to style pressed slided with stylesheet
+ * [206494] Added ability to style pressed slider with stylesheet.
- QStroker
* [QTBUG-5212] Fixed bug where thick strokes around small shapes could
@@ -325,11 +354,11 @@ QtGui
- QWidget
* Added inputMethodHints property.
- * [201649] Added QWidget::previousInFocusChain
- * [254563] Fixed a crash when setting a focus in a widget tree that
- contains invisible widgets
- * [QTBUG-5012] Fixed uninitialized background when using
- QWidget::render with Qt::WA_NoSystemBackground and window opacity set.
+ * [201649] Added QWidget::previousInFocusChain.
+ * [254563] Fixed a crash when setting focus in a widget tree that
+ contains invisible widgets.
+ * [QTBUG-5012] Fixed uninitialized background when using QWidget::render
+ with Qt::WA_NoSystemBackground and window opacity set.
- QFontEngineQPF
* Make alphaMapForGlyph() generate the correct color table for
@@ -337,8 +366,8 @@ QtGui
boxes" problem in OpenGL1 paint engine.
- QPaintDevice
- * New qt_paint_device_metric() function to replace the friend
- declarations for window surface classes that need to access metric().
+ * New qt_paint_device_metric() function to replace the friend declarations
+ for window surface classes that need to access metric().
- QPainter
* [QTBUG-1666] Made QPainter::drawText() respect Qt::TextDontClip flag
@@ -356,7 +385,8 @@ QtGui
* [255581] Fixed sizeHint recalculation bug.
- QRasterPaintEngine
- * [QTBUG-4210] Fixed bug where bitmaps were painted black instead of in pen colour.
+ * [QTBUG-4210] Fixed bug where bitmaps were painted black instead of in pen
+ colour.
- QApplication
* [QTBUG-739] Removed internal widgets from QApplication::topLevelWidgets().
@@ -366,27 +396,26 @@ QtGui
height of the font used.
- QPrinter
- * [QTBUG-4497] Removed redundant SetPen command in the postscript code
- when reusing a QPrinter object.
+ * [QTBUG-4497] Removed redundant SetPen command in the postscript code when
+ reusing a QPrinter object.
- QTextLayout
* [QTBUG-4468] Count tabs as multiple characters when applying a fixed
column width.
- * [176401] Take into account the negative right bearing of the last
+ * [176401] Take into account the negative right bearing of the last
character in an item of text if the glyph extends beyond its ascent.
- QTextDocument
* [207189] Support setting font size using short hand syntax in the
CSS "font" property.
- * [201228] Remove implicit margin on bullet lists when exporting to
- HTML.
- * [240086] Fixed bug which caused floating objects which span several
+ * [201228] Remove implicit margin on bullet lists when exporting to HTML.
+ * [240086] Fixed bug which caused floating objects which span several
pages to float into the second page of the document even when it's
the only existing object, causing the document to contain a blank
first page.
- * [240325] Even when wrap mode is set to Qt::TextWordWrap, the layout
+ * [240325] Even with wrap mode set to Qt::TextWordWrap, the layout
would sometimes break outside word boundaries when floating objects
- affected the width available to the text. This has been fixed.
+ affected the width available to the text.
- QFontEngine
* [QTBUG-2354] Support certain 'Microsoft' platform symbol fonts which
@@ -400,25 +429,25 @@ QtGui
* [QTBUG-3555] Fixed a bug in the Plastique style that would cause an
ASSERT failure in QFont when the application font has a pixel size set.
+ - QPrintPreviewDialog now uses a QMainWindow with a proper QToolBar, instead
+ of a plain layout.
+
QtDBus
- QDBusConnection
- * Made sending of invalid/incomplete messages consistently fail
- with error (no more assertions).
- * [249528/QTBUG-3833] Added an overload of connect() that allows
- one to specify strings for matching arguments.
+ * Made sending of invalid/incomplete messages consistently fail with error
+ (no more assertions).
+ * [249528/QTBUG-3833] Added an overload of connect() that allows one to
+ specify strings for matching arguments.
- QDBusServiceWatcher
- * New class; supports efficiently watching for a service to be
- created, deleted or change owners
-
- - QPrintPreviewDialog now uses a QMainWindow with a proper QToolBar, instead
- of a plain layout.
+ * New class; supports efficiently watching for a service to be created,
+ deleted or to change owners.
QtNetwork
- QAbstractSocket
- * only disconnect from host when all bytes have been written
+ * Only disconnect from host when all bytes have been written.
* New setSocketOption method.
- QHttp
@@ -426,28 +455,28 @@ QtNetwork
* QHttp is now obsolete and replaced by QNetworkAccessManager.
- QLocalServer
- * fix timeout when waiting for a connection on Unix
+ * Fix timeout when waiting for a connection on Unix.
- QNativeSocketEngine
* Do not set the OS socket send and receive buffer size. The OS
should auto tune these values for us.
- QNetworkAcessManager
- * [242916] add possibility to send HTTP DELETE requests
+ * [242916] Add possibility to send HTTP DELETE requests.
* Connection count per HTTP server increased to 6 on Desktop, 3 on Symbian.
* Optional HTTP pipelining support.
* General HTTP performance improvements.
- QNetworkReply
- * [257322] add possibility to ignore specific SSL errors
+ * [257322] Add possibility to ignore specific SSL errors.
* New isFinished() method.
- QSslCertificate
- * [251830] fix version() and serialNumber() methods
+ * [251830] Fix version() and serialNumber() methods.
- QSslSocket
- * [257322] add possibility to ignore specific SSL errors
- * Fix build with openssl 1.0.0 betas
+ * [257322] Add possibility to ignore specific SSL errors.
+ * Fix build with openssl 1.0.0 betas.
* Trigger a SSL transmission when reading from the socket. In certain
cases the connection stalled when a buffer limit was used.
@@ -495,42 +524,49 @@ QtOpenGL
extensions, QtOpenGL will also try postfixing EXT if the OpenGL 2.0 name is
not found.
- - Fix QGLWidget::showFullscreen() on EGL platforms
+ - Fix QGLWidget::showFullscreen() on EGL platforms.
- Added lots of OpenGL autotests.
QtScript
- * A lot of internal changes and optimizations.
- * Improved ECMA script compliance.
- * New method, QScriptString::toArrayIndex(), for converting QScriptString to a QtScript array index.
+
+ - Many optimizations.
+ - Improved ECMA script compliance.
+ - New method, QScriptString::toArrayIndex(), for converting QScriptString
+ to a QtScript array index.
QtSql
- * [QTBUG-3162] Views for Sql table models should not reset state on failed queries.
- * [QTBUG-5251] Fix retrieval of SQL 'TIME' information for PostgreSQL.
- * Better error checking for in case of failed query.
- * [QTBUG-5179] Fixed Floating point number truncation in qsqlpsql plugin.
- * [QTBUG-551] Fixed Oracle batchExec using strings as out params.
- * Updated sqlite to 3.6.19 + readded our patches.
- * [QTBUG-3736] ODBC: Retrieved in ascii, should be stored in ascii.
- * Fixed issue with multiple lookups to same table/field in QSqlRelationalTableModel
- * Updated documentation of setForwardOnly
- * [QT-754] TDS: Fixed improper formatting of date values
- * TDS: Fixed missing field/table name escaping.
- * ODBC: Fixed setForwardOnly not being reset on when the query is reset.
- * [QTBUG-4510] Add reconnection option to the mysql driver.
- * [222678] Fixed QSqlTableModel: trying to delete the wrong row.
- * Interbase: Fixed crash when calling numRows on unknown query type.
- * DB2: Don't return an error when the table is just empty.
- * [17327] Added OCI support for synonyms to tables created by another user.
- * [176267] Fixed mysql driver not knowing the difference between tables and views.
- * Fixed determination of end of ODBC string on deficient drivers.
- * Added ability to open sqlite databases readonly.
- * Fixed race condition on reopening an ODBC connection.
- * Fixed invalid use of statics in the defaultCasing code.
- * Fixed proper quoting under odbc.
- * [252450 & 246125] Fixed failed queries due to MySql driver auto-preparing.
- * QSqlDatabase now has a database level precisionPolicy. Queries now default to this.
- * Add proper iODBC linking support.
+
+ - [QTBUG-3162] Views for Sql table models should not reset state on failed
+ queries.
+ - [QTBUG-5251] Fix retrieval of SQL 'TIME' information for PostgreSQL.
+ - Better error checking in case of failed query.
+ - [QTBUG-5179] Fixed floating point number truncation in qsqlpsql plugin.
+ - [QTBUG-551] Fixed Oracle batchExec using strings as out params.
+ - Updated sqlite to 3.6.19 + readded our patches.
+ - [QTBUG-3736] ODBC: Retrieved in ascii, should be stored in ascii.
+ - Fixed issue with multiple lookups to same table/field in
+ QSqlRelationalTableModel.
+ - Updated documentation of setForwardOnly.
+ - [QT-754] TDS: Fixed improper formatting of date values.
+ - TDS: Fixed missing field/table name escaping.
+ - ODBC: Fixed setForwardOnly not being reset on when the query is reset.
+ - [QTBUG-4510] Add reconnection option to the mysql driver.
+ - [222678] Fixed QSqlTableModel: trying to delete the wrong row.
+ - Interbase: Fixed crash when calling numRows on unknown query type.
+ - DB2: Don't return an error when the table is just empty.
+ - [17327] Added OCI support for synonyms to tables created by another user.
+ - [176267] Fixed mysql driver not knowing the difference between tables and
+ views.
+ - Fixed determination of end of ODBC string on deficient drivers.
+ - Added ability to open sqlite databases readonly.
+ - Fixed race condition on reopening an ODBC connection.
+ - Fixed invalid use of statics in the defaultCasing code.
+ - Fixed proper quoting under odbc.
+ - [252450 & 246125] Fixed failed queries due to MySql driver auto-preparing.
+ - QSqlDatabase now has a database level precisionPolicy. Queries now default
+ to this.
+ - Add proper iODBC linking support.
QtSvg
@@ -544,6 +580,7 @@ QtSvg
* [257052] Changed drawImage() to ignore aspect ratio.
QtWebKit
+
- Many bug fixes.
- QWebElement
@@ -560,14 +597,17 @@ QtWebKit
* Streaming operators for saving and restoring QWebHistory's state.
- QWebPage
- * New property; preferredContentsSize for setting layout of the page in the viewport.
- * New slot; shouldInterruptJavaScript, called when JavaScript program is running too long.
+ * New property; preferredContentsSize for setting layout of the page in the
+ viewport.
+ * New slot; shouldInterruptJavaScript, called when JavaScript program is
+ running too long.
- QWebSecurityOrigin:
* New functions for defining local URL schemes.
- QWebSettings
- * New options for text encoding, printing shrink factor and off-line web application cache (HTML5).
+ * New options for text encoding, printing shrink factor and off-line web
+ application cache (HTML5).
- QWebView
* Support for render hints.
@@ -575,19 +615,20 @@ QtWebKit
QtXml
- QDomDocument
- * set the codec to UTF-8 if codec not present or unknown
+ * Set the codec to UTF-8 if codec not present or unknown.
QtXmlPatterns
- QXmlQuery
- * [245219] Added QXmlQuery::setFocus(const QString &focus);
+ * [245219] Added QXmlQuery::setFocus(const QString &focus).
Qt Plugins
- Tiff plugin
- * [258526] Rotate the image if the tiff file contains an orientation tag
+ * [258526] Rotate the image if the tiff file contains an orientation tag.
* [254317] Add support for mono and indexed format
+
****************************************************************************
* Platform Specific Changes *
****************************************************************************
@@ -616,17 +657,19 @@ Qt for Linux/X11
palette, usage of KColorDialog and KFileDialog) using the GuiPlatformPlugin
- Fixed pasting the clipboard content to non-Qt application on X11 when the
- requested format is image/ppm. Patch by Ritt.K
+ requested format is image/ppm.
- - On X11 Qt now supports the _NET_WM_SYNC protocol.
+ - On X11, Qt now supports the _NET_WM_SYNC protocol.
- - On X11 Qt now supports the SAVE_TARGET protocol that allows to keep
+ - On X11, Qt now supports the SAVE_TARGET protocol that allows to keep
clipboard contents if the application that owns the clipboards exits
- - [QTBUG-4652] On X11 clipboard content can be properly retrieved even when an
- application asks the unsupported target. This fixes copying and pasting data
- when using Synergy.
+ - [QTBUG-4652] On X11, clipboard content can be properly retrieved even when
+ an application asks for the unsupported target. This fixes copying and
+ pasting data when using Synergy.
+
- [MR#797] Fixed a crash when using QX11EmbedContainer/Widget on x86_64.
+
- [MR#1111] Emit workAreaResized when _NET_WORKAREA is changed on X11.
- [QTBUG-3620] Fixed bug on X11 that caused bitmap fonts to become so small
@@ -659,8 +702,8 @@ Qt for Linux/X11
event though the program is using the QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents
flag.
- - [255559] Fixed generation of XdndLeave events to include the
- correct source id.
+ - [255559] Fixed generation of XdndLeave events to include the correct
+ source id.
- [258319] Avoid division by zero on some Xlib/Xserver implementations.
@@ -694,8 +737,8 @@ Qt for Windows
- [251554] Fixed openUrl("mailto:") with Thunderbird on Windows.
- [254501] QDestopServices now supports cyrillic file names.
- Fixed an issue which prevents moving fixed size windows using titlebar.
- - [258087] Fixed an issue on Vista which returns incorrect file paths when using
- QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames()
+ - [258087] Fixed an issue on Vista which returns incorrect file paths when
+ using QFileDialog::getOpenFileNames()
- [253763] Fixed a focus issue when using out-of-process ActiveQt controls.
- [255912] Mouse move events will not be delivered to a blocked widget.
- [225588] Enabled IME reconversion support.
@@ -704,13 +747,13 @@ Qt for Windows
* Now much more reliable when reading a file through a QIODevice.
* If Video Mixing Renderer 9 is not available, falls back to software
rendering.
- * Fixed a flicker issue when switching source with a transition time of 0
+ * Fixed a flicker issue when switching source with a transition time of 0.
- [QTBUG-4445] Fixed bug on Windows that caused problems when printing
text where several characters were represented by a single glyph, e.g.
a double 't' with the Calibri font.
- - Added QSysInfo::WV_WINDOWS7 and QSysInfo::WV_6_1
+ - Added QSysInfo::WV_WINDOWS7 and QSysInfo::WV_6_1.
- Changed QPrintDialog under Windows to use PrintDlgEx, instead of the old
deprecated PrintDlg call.
@@ -718,58 +761,61 @@ Qt for Windows
Qt for Mac OS X
---------------
- - Add support for GetURL events on Mac OS X
- - [123740] Fixed an issue with dead keys on Mac (cocoa) on French keyboard layout.
- - [252088] Drag Leave events will be delivered correctly on Cocoa.
- - [257661] Cocoa now uses the correct line ending for clipboard plain text.
- - [258438] Enabled Emacs style keyboard shortcuts.
- - [258173] Fixed an issue which caused "whatsthis" pointer to flicked on Cocoa.
- - [QTBUG-4418] Fixed maximizing and restoring a window on Mac.
- - Fixed some warnings that might get printed when reparenting QGLWidget on Cocoa.
-
-
-General changes on Mac OS X:
- - Mac OS X version support: Support for 10.3(Panther) has been dropped, support for
- 10.6(Snow Leopard) has been added.
- - The Cocoa port now supports static linking.
- - The Cocoa port now supports the Qt3Support library (with the exception of Q3FileDialog)
- to ease the transition from Carbon to Cocoa.
- - The Cocoa binary packages are now Intel only (universal i386 and x86_64).
- - Snow Leopard notes:
- - Gcc 4.2 is used by default. Configure with -platform macx-g++40 to select 4.0.
- - Using the 10.4u SDK requires gcc 4.0.
- - Configuring for the Cocoa port (-cocoa) produces 64-bit binaries by default.
- Use the -arch flags to override.
- - Building for ppc64 is no longer supported by the gcc tool chain.
- - Building for ppc is still supported.
-
-Cocoa:
-- Fixed stacking order of modal dialogs so that they never rearrange level, or
- hide in the background.
-- Fixed problem with plugins written with Qt that closes down the native application
- when hiding a modal dialog.
-- Fixed problem that native applications cannot quit when using plugins written with
- Qt from a native application.
-- Fixed problem that the menubar is not restored correctly when using plugins written
- with Qt from a native application.
-- The event dispatcher now integrates better with native applications that spins the
- event loop them selves.
-- Using Qt::AA_MacPluginApplication will now disable the use of native menubars on mac.
-- Sliders and scroll views in Qt now uses pixel scrolling for mouse devices
- that supports this.
-- Wheel events can now contain a delta with a value as low as 1 for mouse devices that
- uses pixel scrolling.
+ - General changes on Mac OS X:
+ * Mac OS X version support: Support for 10.3(Panther) has been dropped and
+ support for 10.6(Snow Leopard) has been added.
+ * The Cocoa port now supports static linking.
+ * The Cocoa port now supports the Qt3Support library (with the exception of
+ Q3FileDialog) to ease the transition from Carbon to Cocoa.
+ * The Cocoa binary packages are now Intel only (universal i386 and x86_64).
+ * Snow Leopard notes:
+ - Gcc 4.2 is used by default. Configure with -platform macx-g++40 to
+ select 4.0.
+ - Using the 10.4u SDK requires gcc 4.0.
+ - Configuring for the Cocoa port (-cocoa) produces 64-bit binaries by
+ default. Use the -arch flags to override.
+ - Building for ppc64 is no longer supported by the gcc tool chain.
+ - Building for ppc is still supported.
+ * Added support for GetURL events on Mac OS X.
+
+ - General bug fixes:
+ * [123740] Fixed an issue with dead keys on Mac (cocoa) on French keyboard
+ layout.
+ * [258438] Enabled Emacs style keyboard shortcuts.
+ * [QTBUG-4418] Fixed maximizing and restoring a window.
+
+ - Cocoa bug fixes:
+ * [252088] Drag Leave events will be delivered correctly on Cocoa.
+ * [257661] Cocoa now uses the correct line ending for clipboard plain text.
+ * [258173] Fixed an issue which caused "whatsthis" pointer to flicker.
+ * Fixed some warnings that might get printed when reparenting QGLWidget.
+ * Fixed stacking order of modal dialogs so that they never rearrange level,
+ or hide in the background.
+ * Fixed problem with plugins written with Qt that closes down the native
+ application when hiding a modal dialog.
+ * Fixed problem that native applications cannot quit when using plugins
+ written with Qt from a native application.
+ * Fixed problem that the menubar is not restored correctly when using
+ plugins written with Qt from a native application.
+ * The event dispatcher now integrates better with native applications that
+ spin the event loop themselves.
+ * Using Qt::AA_MacPluginApplication will now disable the use of native
+ menubars on Mac.
+ * Sliders and scroll views in Qt now use pixel scrolling for mouse devices
+ that support this.
+ * Wheel events can now contain a delta with a value as low as 1 for mouse
+ devices that use pixel scrolling.
Qt for Embedded Linux
---------------------
-- Added QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES1, QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES1CL and
- QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES2 qmake variables for specifying OpenGL ES
- specific libraries.
+ - Added QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES1, QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES1CL and
+ QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES2 qmake variables for specifying OpenGL ES
+ specific libraries.
-- Compilation fixes for OpenGL/ES 1.0 and OpenGL/ES 1.1 Common Lite.
+ - Compilation fixes for OpenGL/ES 1.0 and OpenGL/ES 1.1 Common Lite.
-- EGL and OpenGL/ES
+ - EGL and OpenGL/ES
* Protect the use of version-specific EGL symbols with #ifdef's.
* Make sure an EGL context is current when resolving GL extensions.
* Introduce "lazyDoneCurrent" for optimizing context switching in
@@ -781,37 +827,38 @@ Qt for Embedded Linux
* Fix detection of pbuffers on OpenGL/ES systems.
* EGL_SAMPLES was being set to the wrong value for multisampled surfaces.
-- PowerVR
+ - PowerVR
* Make the code better at detecting MBX vs SGX header files.
* Fix 32-bit screen support - some code was still assuming 16-bit.
* Stop GL window surfaces double-flushing their contents.
* Remove surface holder, which never worked all that well.
* Implement screen rotations.
-- Mouse and keyboard drivers
+ - Mouse and keyboard drivers
* Removed obsolete drivers (vr41xx, yopy, sl5000, bus mouse).
* Added a new LinuxInput driver for both mouse and keyboard.
* Added keymap support for QWS via standard Linux .kmap files.
- (complete with dead-keys, compose-key and LED handling)
+ (complete with dead-keys, compose-key and LED handling).
-- Remove obsolete OpenGL/ES screen drivers: hybrid, ahigl.
+ - Remove obsolete OpenGL/ES screen drivers: hybrid, ahigl.
-- Send enter/leave events also to child widgets
+ - Send enter/leave events also to child widgets.
-- Fix crash when instantiating multiple QApplications
+ - Fix crash when instantiating multiple QApplications.
-- Optimize software cursor by using native image format instead of 8-bit
+ - Optimize software cursor by using native image format instead of 8-bit.
-- [255828] Avoid window decoration flicker on show
+ - [255828] Avoid window decoration flicker on show.
-- [255495] Fix blend function crash on AVR32
+ - [255495] Fix blend function crash on AVR32.
-- Fix qconfig configurations
+ - Fix qconfig configurations.
-- Add powerpc mkspec and remove "empty" ppc mkspec
+ - Add powerpc mkspec and remove "empty" ppc mkspec .
Qt for Windows CE
-----------------
+
- On Windows CE the link time code generation has been disabled by default to
be consistent with win32-msvc200x.
- The default button size has been reduced in the Windows mobile style.
@@ -829,65 +876,52 @@ Qt for Windows CE
* Tools *
****************************************************************************
-- Designer
-
- - [233683] Promoted Widgets are now stored correctly in scratchpad.
- - [249823] Added search functionality to the resource browser.
- - [254282] Enabled the use of promoted widgets in form templates.
- - [254824] Made it possible to override the createAction()/createWidget()
- functions of QUiLoader.
- - [256332] Enabled deleting all pages of a QTabWidget or QStackedWidget.
- - [259238] Fixed menubar/menu editing in right-to-left mode.
- - [259918] Fixed setting of object names for container pages not to use
- localized strings.
- - [260658] Fixed saving of alpha values set in the palette editor.
- - It is now possible to further specify the kind of custom widget
- string properties using XML tags.
-
-- uic
-
- - [260784] Generated code for retranslateUi doesn't cause compiler warnings anymore
-
-- uic3
-
- - [128859] Fixed code generation of QLabel's wordWrap property.
-
-- qdoc3
-
- - Changed qdoc3 binary to be in bin/ instead of a platform specific location.
-
-- Linguist
-
- - Linguist GUI: Experimental support for editing multi-length strings
-
- - lupdate is now again the only tool which can parse program code
-
- - lupdate
-
- * Actually guess the target language from the file name
- * Make -{source,target}-language actually override values from files
- * C++ parser
- - Properly support "using namespace", etc.
- - Remove the obsolete TRANSLATOR hack relating to "using namespace"
- - Support attaching meta data to translatable messages
- - Actually use the argument of Q_DECLARE_TR_FUNCTIONS
- - Optimizations
- - Bug fixes and robustness improvements
-
- - lrelease
-
- * Add -markuntranslated <prefix> option
-
- - both lupdate & lrelease
-
- * Accuracy improvements of the qmake .pro file parser
- * Support for ID-based translations. Somewhat experimental.
-
- - lconvert
-
- * Add --sort-contexts option
- * Add --locations option (complementing lupdate)
- * Add --no-ui-lines option (complementing lupdate)
+ - Designer
+ * [233683] Promoted Widgets are now stored correctly in scratchpad.
+ * [249823] Added search functionality to the resource browser.
+ * [254282] Enabled the use of promoted widgets in form templates.
+ * [254824] Made it possible to override the createAction()/createWidget()
+ functions of QUiLoader.
+ * [256332] Enabled deleting all pages of a QTabWidget or QStackedWidget.
+ * [259238] Fixed menubar/menu editing in right-to-left mode.
+ * [259918] Fixed setting of object names for container pages not to use
+ localized strings.
+ * [260658] Fixed saving of alpha values set in the palette editor.
+ * It is now possible to further specify the kind of custom widget string
+ properties using XML tags.
+
+ - uic
+ * [260784] Generated code for retranslateUi doesn't cause compiler warnings
+ anymore.
+
+ - uic3
+ * [128859] Fixed code generation of QLabel's wordWrap property.
+
+ - qdoc3
+ * Changed qdoc3 binary to be in bin/ instead of a platform specific location.
+
+ - Linguist
+ * Linguist GUI: Experimental support for editing multi-length strings.
+ * lupdate is now again the only tool which can parse program code.
+ * lupdate
+ - Actually guess the target language from the file name.
+ - Make -{source,target}-language actually override values from files.
+ - C++ parser
+ * Properly support "using namespace", etc.
+ * Remove the obsolete TRANSLATOR hack relating to "using namespace".
+ * Support attaching meta data to translatable message.
+ * Actually use the argument of Q_DECLARE_TR_FUNCTION.
+ * Optimization.
+ * Bug fixes and robustness improvements.
+ * lrelease
+ - Add -markuntranslated <prefix> option.
+ * Both lupdate & lrelease
+ - Accuracy improvements of the qmake .pro file parser.
+ - Support for ID-based translations. Somewhat experimental.
+ * lconvert
+ - Add --sort-contexts option.
+ - Add --locations option (complementing lupdate).
+ - Add --no-ui-lines option (complementing lupdate).
****************************************************************************
@@ -930,9 +964,7 @@ Qt for Windows CE
most boards and loading these images will generally require an image
conversion anyway.
- - Fix a bug regarding QGraphicsProxyWidgets
-
- - Fix a crash when resizing windows
+ - Fix a crash when resizing windows.
- Compile with versions < 1.0. We still recommend using newer versions.
@@ -995,7 +1027,7 @@ Qt for Windows CE
- QDesktopWidget on X11 no longer emits the resized(int) signal when screens
are added or removed. This was not done on other platforms. Use the
- screenCountChanged signal instead
+ screenCountChanged signal instead.
- QUrl's parser is more strict when for hostnames in URLs. QUrl now
enforces STD 3 rules:
@@ -1011,7 +1043,7 @@ Qt for Windows CE
before, but weren't interpreted as such.
- The Unix configure-time check for STL is stricter now in Qt
- 4.6.0. This means some legacy STL implementations may fail to pass
+ 4.6. This means some legacy STL implementations may fail to pass
the test and, therefore, Qt will automatically disable STL support.
This is a binary-compatible change: existing code will continue to
@@ -1040,15 +1072,18 @@ Qt for Windows CE
if those are set. This matches the behavior on the other platforms.
- The Animation Framework
- * currentTime() now returns the complete current time including previous loops
- * currentLoopTime() returns the time inside the current loop
- * stateChanged signal sends the new state as first parameter and old state as
- the second
- * QAnimationGroup::clearAnimations() has been renamed to clear()
- * QAnimationGroup::insertAnimationAt() has been renamed to insertAnimation()
- * QAnimationGroup::takeAnimationAt() has been renamed to takeAnimation()
- * QSequentialAnimationGroup::insertPauseAt() has been renamed to insertPause()
- * [QT-941] Avoids timer ticks when there are only pause animations running
+ * currentTime() now returns the complete current time including previous
+ loops.
+ * currentLoopTime() returns the time inside the current loop.
+ * stateChanged signal sends the new state as first parameter and old state
+ as the second.
+ * QAnimationGroup::clearAnimations() has been renamed to clear().
+ * QAnimationGroup::insertAnimationAt() has been renamed to
+ insertAnimation().
+ * QAnimationGroup::takeAnimationAt() has been renamed to takeAnimation().
+ * QSequentialAnimationGroup::insertPauseAt() has been renamed to
+ insertPause().
+ * [QT-941] Avoids timer ticks when there are only pause animations running.
- Refactoring in OpenGL examples to improve portability and utilize the
Animation framework for animation. The hellogl and overpainting examples
@@ -1064,3 +1099,4 @@ Qt for Windows CE
X11: LIBS += -lX11
Mac: LIBS += -framework AppKit -framework Carbon
+