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diff --git a/dist/changes-4.8.0 b/dist/changes-4.8.0 index 9c48f1e..9dd0c4b 100644 --- a/dist/changes-4.8.0 +++ b/dist/changes-4.8.0 @@ -19,15 +19,21 @@ 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 ---------------------- - - Updated libpng to version 1.5.1 + - Updated libpng to version 1.5.4 - Updated libjpeg to version 8c - Updated zlib to version 1.2.5 @@ -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 --------- @@ -105,6 +142,7 @@ 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 -------- @@ -114,15 +152,38 @@ 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. + - Reading from the FrameBuffer with Qt now correctly gives an image + marked as premultiplied. QtScript -------- - Deprecated qScriptValueFromQMetaObject, qScriptValueToValue, qScriptValueFromValue +QtDBus +------ + - Added a method that returns the local machine ID + +QtWebKit +-------- + - Update QtWebKit to 2.2.0 + http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/QtWebKitRelease22 + 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 * **************************************************************************** @@ -139,11 +200,17 @@ 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 --------------- @@ -160,6 +227,8 @@ 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) + - Added eglnullws QScreen driver for use with OpenGL ES EGL null window system (NullWS). Qt for Symbian -------------- @@ -173,6 +242,38 @@ 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 ----------------- @@ -184,6 +285,9 @@ 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 * **************************************************************************** @@ -225,10 +329,33 @@ 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 @@ -240,6 +367,9 @@ Qt for Windows CE * New tool to generate text descriptions of the QML components defined in plugins loaded by a QML module. +- syncqt + * Fix to allow $QTDIR to contain any valid pathname characters. + **************************************************************************** * Plugins * **************************************************************************** |