Merge branch '4.8' into earth-staging-master

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	dist/changes-4.8.0

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@@ -19,10 +19,16 @@ information about a particular change.
 *                           General                                        *
 ****************************************************************************
 
+Qt Platform Abstraction
+-----------------------
+
+Qt 4.8 adds a new platform: QPA (also known as Lighthouse). QPA is a replacement
+for Qt for Embedded Linux (QWS), making it much easier to port Qt to new platforms.
+
 General Improvements
 --------------------
 
-- 
+-
 
 Third party components
 ----------------------
@@ -44,29 +50,48 @@ QtCore
  - QMutexLocker: improved performence of the non contended case by inlining some function
  - QThreadStorage: Added possibility to store object by value instead of by pointer [QTBUG-15033]
  - QThread: fixed few race conditions [QTBUG-17257, QTBUG-15030]
+ - QtConcurrent: Entry points were re-written and interfaces changed. This work was
+done in order to add support for QtConcurrent on Symbian, but ultimately it was noted
+that the changes lead to a leaner API and the change applies to all platforms.
  - QtConcurrent: added support for c++0x lambda in few functions
  - QObject: Improved performence of the signal activation
  - QObject: added ways to connect signals using QMetaMethod
+ - QObject: added senderSignalIndex method to discover the signal that invoked a slot
  - QObject: deprecated qFindChild and qFindChildren
  - QObject: optimize constructions and destruction of objects
  - QObject: Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection can handle the return value [QTBUG-10440]
  - QList/QVector/QStringList: added C++0x initilizer lists constructors.
+ - QList: optimizations
  - QVarLenghtArray: added method for consistency with QVector
  - QStringBuilder: added support for QByteArray
  - qSwap now uses std::swap, specialized std::swap for our container to work better with stl algoritms
+ - Added member-swap function to containers and implicitly shared (including GUI) classes
  - QVariant: deprecated global function qVariantSetValue, qVariantValue, qVariantCanConvert, qVariantFromValue
  - QUrl: add method for retrieving effective top level domain [QTBUG-13601] (MR-1205)
  - optimised performance of QFileInfo, QDir, QDirIterator, these classes now share metadata and access the filesystem less
  - QFile: new open() overloads allow control over whether QFile should close an adopted file handle or not
+ - Fix QProcess emitting two started signals on X11 [QTBUG-7039]
+ - QLocale: added locale dependent to{Upper,Lower} string conversions
+ - QUuid: Optimize QUuid::toString() and relevant, circa 20 times faster than before on the test machine. [QTBUG-19418]
+ - QUuid: Add QUuid::toByteArray() and relevant, same behavior with QUuid::toString(). [QTBUG-19419]
+ - QUuid: Add QUuid::toRfc4122() and fromRfc4122(), provide interfaces by following the RFC-4122 [QTBUG-19420]
+ - QTextStream, QDataStream and QXmlStreamWriter: added write error reporting [QTBUG-376]
+ - QProcessEnvironment: added keys() and insert(const QProcessEnvironment &)
+ - QProcessEnvironment: preserve variable name case on Windows
+ - QProcessEnvironment: made systemEnvironment() encoding-safe
+ - QProcessEnvironment: major optimizations, especially on Unix
+ - Add branch prediction macros Q_LIKELY and Q_UNLIKELY
+ - QSettings: don't assume XDG_CONFIG_HOME is latin1-encoded
 
 QtGui
 -----
 
+ - QApplication: Add a queryKeyboardModifiers() method.
  - QTabBar: reduced minimumSizeHint if ElideMode is set.
  - QComboBox: Fixed a color propagation issue with the lineedit. [QTBUG-5950]
  - QGraphicsLayout: Made setInstantInvalidatePropagation() public
  - Deprecate qGenericMatrixFromMatrix4x4 and qGenericMatrixToMatrix4x4
- - QListView diverses optimisations [QTBUG-11438]
+ - QListView diverse optimisations [QTBUG-11438]
  - QTreeWidget/QListWidget: use localeAwareCompare for string comparisons [QTBUG-10839]
  - PNG image I/O: Much improved support for text annotations, including iTXt fields.
  - QRawFont and QGlyphRun are introduced for low-level text rendering. [QTBUG-18252]
@@ -77,7 +102,14 @@ QtGui
    like UltraLight. [QTBUG-19366]
  - Visual text cursor movement behavior is added to QTextEdit and QLineEdit controls,
    which can be used as an optional mode for bi-directional text editing. [QTBUG-13859]
+ - Fixed several bidi reordering bugs.
+ - Make HTML exported from QTextDocument containing empty lines more compliant.
+ - Include font pixel size when exporting HTML from QTextDocument.
+ - QPainter: Added a fast stroking algorithm for thin (< 1px wide) aliased and antialiased
+   lines, giving a huge improvement in drawing speed for certain cases
  - Fixed a rare race condition when showing toplevel windows on X11
+ - QWindowsStyle: fix bug in eventFilter on KeyPressed event with alt pressed, that
+   caused unnecessary update events
  - Accessibility: Fix potential crash in QDockWidget.
  - Accessibility: Fix crash when asking for relations of child accessibles.
  - Accessibility: More consistency in reporting names (especially when widget is invisible).
@@ -90,6 +122,11 @@ QtGui
  - Accessibility: Return text attributes for QTextEdit.
  - Accessibility: Make accessibility work on Windows with alien widgets
  - Accessibility: Several enablers for accessible graphicsview and Qt Quick applications.
+ - Fixed loading BMP files with version 4 and 5 headers, ignoring extra data.
+ - QTextCursor optimization
+ - QUndoGroup, QUndoStack: Allow using not only prefixes for undo command text [QTBUG-14442]
+ - QUndoView: Allow different text for undo actions and items
+ - QCommonStyle: Fix overrides from the proxy style [QTBUG-20849]
 
 QtNetwork
 ---------
@@ -106,6 +143,7 @@ QtNetwork
  - HTTP cache: change file organization (MR-2505)
  - SOCKS5: write errors are propagated to the outer socket [QTBUG-18713]
  - Cookies: Commas are no longer used to support multiple cookies in a single Set-Cookie header [QTBUG-21456]
+ - QNetworkReply: errorString() returns translated messages now [QTBUG-18382]
 
  QtOpenGL
  --------
@@ -115,15 +153,31 @@ QtNetwork
  - Including <QtOpenGL> will not work in combination with GLEW, as
    QGLFunctions will undefine GLEW's defines.
  - Optimize behavior of QGLTextureCache
+ - Support subpixel antialiasing when possible.
+ - [QTBUG-13450] Fixed path drawing on FBOs without stencil buffer.
 
 QtScript
 --------
  - Deprecated qScriptValueFromQMetaObject, qScriptValueToValue, qScriptValueFromValue
 
+QtDBus
+------
+ - Added a method that returns the local machine ID
+
 QtSql
 -----
-
  - Update sqlite to 3.7.7.1
+
+QtSvg
+-----
+ - [QTBUG-16216] Fixed infinite loop when loading some SVGs with CSS style.
+
+QtDBus
+------
+ - Make QDBusServer work [QTBUG-186]
+ - QDBusConnection: Add methods disconnectFromPeer and connectToPeer
+ - Make the DBus timeout configurable in QDBusAbstractInterface.
+
 ****************************************************************************
 *                          Database Drivers                                *
 ****************************************************************************
@@ -140,11 +194,17 @@ Qt for Linux/X11
  - Various fixes to FontConfig font matching code to make it consistent
    with other X11 programs. [QTBUG-2148, QTBUG-19947, QTBUG-14269]
  - Added experimental support for armCC
+ - Experimental support for associating Wayland clients with PID or a token,
+   to facilitate window management.
 
 Qt for Windows
 --------------
  - DirectWrite experimental text shaping engine is added with subpixel
    positioning support. [QTBUG-12678]
+ - QElapsedTimer: use QueryPerformanceCounter if available.
+ - MSVC runtime is bound to the runtime you're building with. This makes
+   deployment on Windows easier. (QTBUG-8215)
+ - QLocalSocket::isValid() has been fixed. (QTBUG-18204)
 
 Qt for Mac OS X
 ---------------
@@ -159,6 +219,7 @@ Qt for Embedded Linux
    keyboard and screen drivers.
  - Improved support for INTEGRITY RTOS
  - Allow hard-coding the temp path in mkspecs (QT_UNIX_TEMP_PATH_OVERRIDE define)
+ - Added support for opening LinuxInput devices exclusively (via ioctl EVIOCGRAB)
 
 Qt for Symbian
 --------------
@@ -172,6 +233,38 @@ Qt for Symbian
    be made via a specific network. For example to mobile operator websites
    only accessible via the cellular network, or to websites inside a firewall
  - System proxy settings now work correctly when using service networks [QTBUG-18618]
+ - Prevent horizontal lines appearing under entered characters when predictive text is off
+ - Checked state is not shown on highlighted itemview item when using QS60Style [QTBUG-19668]
+ - Icon is not shown correctly in a menu item in all cases when using QS60Style [QTBUG-19330]
+ - Remove S60 3rd edition support from QS60Style [QTBUG-18615]
+ - Prevent softkeys from coming to foreground when taskswitcher is opened [QTBUG-19225]
+ - Improve robustness of QS60Style when creating native theme bitmaps [QTBUG-21119]
+ - Make spinboxes and lineedits slightly taller in QS60Style
+ - Default graphics memory quota for Symbian applications support [QT-4963]
+ - Improved support for shadow builds in Symbian [QTBUG-10432]
+ - Fixed panic when global QSettings instance needs flusing at app exit [QTBUG-21421]
+ - Detect app caption and pkg name translations by id attribute [QT-5247]
+ - Fixed center aligned layouts for Symbian [QTBUG-14704]
+ - Fixed Symbian system date format parsing [QT-5237]
+ - Skip softkeys update if application is not on foreground in Symbian [QTBUG-19225]
+ - Removed S60 version plugins [QTBUG-18614]
+ - Improved DEFINES crossplatform compatibility in Symbian builds [QTBUG-19232]
+ - Fixed loss of focus and activation when hiding a child widget [QTBUG-19196]
+ - Fixed softkeys in case a dialog with softkeys that have icons is closed [QTBUG-19154]
+ - Update softkeys after orientation switch [QTBUG-19150]
+ - Implemented support for enable_backup CONFIG value [QTBUG-17214]
+ - Improved logic to find default certificates in createpackage script [QTBUG-18684]
+ - Changed createpackage and patch_capabilties scripts use tmp dir [QTBUG-11394]
+ - Added ".make.cache" to the files to be cleaned for symbian-abld [QTBUG-15733]
+ - Fixed emulator deployment for items with "!:" drive [QTBUG-18134]
+ - Removed broken "deploy.path" support from Symbian [QTBUG-14426]
+ - Strip echo suppression character "@" from commands in symbian-sbsv2 [QTBUG-4767]
+ - Don't leave from QNotifyChangeEvent::RunL() in QFileSystemWatcher [QT-4660]
+ - Fixed QProcess::waitForFinished WaitForRequest handling in Symbian [QT-4659]
+ - Changed DEPLOYMENT keyword to accept both .sources and .files [QTBUG-3216]
+ - Removed static vs dynamic library autodetection from qmake in Symbian [QTBUG-13498]
+ - QtConcurrent is now working both with RVCT 2.2 and GCCE 4.4.1 on Symbian, but not with WINSCW,
+the compiler of Symbian emulator (and there is no plan to support it). [QTBUG-5182] [QTBUG-9070]
 
 Qt for Windows CE
 -----------------
@@ -183,6 +276,9 @@ Qt for Windows CE
 - Sun Studio 12
     * Fixed build issues in the OpenGL module on Solaris with CC 5.9. [QTBUG-19641]
 
+- Microsoft Visual C++
+    * Fixed build issues with STLport. [QTBUG-18374]
+
 ****************************************************************************
 *                          Tools                                           *
 ****************************************************************************
@@ -224,10 +320,33 @@ Qt for Windows CE
 
 
 - qmake
-
+    * Look for external Qt modules in $QMAKEPATH
+    * MinGW: fix DEF_FILE for shadow builds. (QTBUG-11643)
+    * Implemented "aux" template that allows making use of the INSTALLS variable
+      without building anything. Needed for projects with QML entry point.
+    * MSVC now link with /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT in order to increase security.
+    * Fix the language settings in generated Windows resource files. (QTBUG-12249)
+    * Write and install pkg-config files for MinGW
+    * Make PKGCONFIG referencing missing packages fatal; add packagesExist() for
+      a-priori checks. (QTBUG-11418)
+    * Make moc use DEFINES from pkg-config. (QTBUG-19922)
+    * Parsing nested quotes works a bit differently now
+    * Added -unset <prop> option
+    * Made the Hurd mkspec useful
+    * Visual Studio project generator
+      - Support x64 Qt builds. (QTBUG-17911)
+      - QMAKE_PROJECT_NAME qmake variable introduced to set the project's name.
+      - Support PCHs with other extensions than ".h". (QTBUG-16639)
+      - Fix setting PCH options manually via the MSVC compiler flags. (QTBUG-15594)
+      - Set the output directory correctly. (QTBUG-16490)
+      - Fix handling of DEFINES from .prl files. (QTBUG-16024)
 
 - configure
-
+    * The endianness for Windows is always set to little endian.
+    * [QTBUG-5710] Configure now complains on missing perl on windows
+    * Removed obsolete -qt-gif option
+    * Allow setting LD, RANLIB, OBJDUMP, and STRIP.
+    * Allow selecting imageformats to be built as plugin vs. internal.
 
 - qtconfig
   * removed Qt3support dependency