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Diffstat (limited to 'dist/changes-4.8.0')
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1 files changed, 46 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/dist/changes-4.8.0 b/dist/changes-4.8.0 index 27c6774..fe7691b 100644 --- a/dist/changes-4.8.0 +++ b/dist/changes-4.8.0 @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ 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 @@ -57,15 +60,27 @@ QtCore - 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 ----- @@ -75,7 +90,7 @@ QtGui - 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] @@ -92,6 +107,8 @@ QtGui - 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). @@ -106,6 +123,9 @@ QtGui - 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 --------- @@ -121,6 +141,7 @@ QtNetwork - HTTP cache: do not load resources from cache that must be revalidated [QTBUG-18983] - HTTP cache: change file organization (MR-2505) - SOCKS5: write errors are propagated to the outer socket [QTBUG-18713] + - QNetworkReply: errorString() returns translated messages now [QTBUG-18382] QtOpenGL -------- @@ -196,6 +217,7 @@ 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 -------------- @@ -239,6 +261,8 @@ Qt for Symbian - 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 ----------------- @@ -294,24 +318,33 @@ Qt for Windows CE - qmake + * Look for external Qt modules in $QMAKEPATH * MinGW: fix DEF_FILE for shadow builds. (QTBUG-11643) - -- qmake - 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) - * Fix the language settings generated Windows resource files. - (QTBUG-12249) * 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 |