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Qt 4.6.2 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.6.0.  For more details,
refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The
documentation is also available online:

  http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.6

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 Qt Bug Tracker, the (now obsolete) Task
Tracker, or the Merge Request queue of the public source repository.

Qt Bug Tracker: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com
Task Tracker:   http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker
Merge Request:  http://qt.gitorious.org

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*                           General                                        *
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New features
------------

 - SomeClass, SomeOtherClass
    * New classes for foo, bar and baz

Optimizations
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 - Optimized foo in QSomeClass
    * See list of Important Behavior Changes below


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*                          Library                                         *
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QtCore
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 - QXmlStreamWriter
    * [QTBUG-6893] Fixed adding extra Byte Order Marks when writing to a xml file.
 - QFSFileEngine
    * Fix typo that made realpath() not being used
 - QIODevice
    * Optimized readAll()

QtGui
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 - foo
    * bar

 * [QTBUG-7029] Fixed a crash when re-creating QApplication object due to a
   dangling gesture manager pointer.
 * [QTBUG-7198] Setting a style sheet could break the checkbox position in item views.
 * [QTBUG-7253] Fixed wrong stroke clipping with the raster engine when using a QPen
   with a style other than SolidLine.


QtDBus
------

 - foo
    * bar

QtNetwork
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 - QNetworkAccessManager
  * Optimizations
  * HTTP: Get rid of QAbstractSocket warnings that were sometimes displayed
  * HTTP: setReadBufferSize() of the QNetworkReply finally is working on all layers
  * [QTBUG-7713] HTTP: Fix bug related to re-sending a request
 - QSslCertificate
  * [QTBUG-6466] Fix issuerInfo() and subjectInfo()
 - QTcpSocket
  * [QTBUG-7344] Fix performance degredation with write() on Windows
  * [QTBUG-7316] Also handle unknown errors from socket engine
  * [QTBUG-7317] Also handle unknown errors from socket engine

QtOpenGL
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 - [QTBUG-7490] Better support for user-generated binary shaders.

QtOpenVG
--------

 - [QTBUG-7791] Optimize single-rect IntersectClip in OpenVG using the scissor.
 - [QTBUG-7864] Use OpenVG scissor on 90/180/270 rotations and simple clips.

QtScript
--------

 - foo
    * bar

QtSql
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 - foo
    * bar

QtXml
-----

 - foo
    * bar

QtMultimedia
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 - QAudioInput
    * [QTBUG-7044]: QAudioInput stopped working correctly after suspend()/resume() on linux.

Qt Plugins
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 - foo
    * bar

Third party components
----------------------

 - Updated foo to version 2.3.9.

 - Updated bar to the latest version from baz.org.


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*                      Platform Specific Changes                           *
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Qt for Unix (X11 and Mac OS X)
------------------------------

 -

Qt for Linux/X11
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  * Fix a bug where QPixmap::serialNumber was not set on a transformed pixmap
    in Qt/X11.

  * Fixed a crash when an input method tries to create a widget after the
    application is destroyed.

  - [QTBUG-6952] Fixed a problem using NoButtons in spinbox with QGtkStyle
  - [QTBUG-7504] Fixed missing focus rect on check- and radiobutton with
     some GTK+ themes.
  - [QTBUG-6522] Fixed missing menu separator in some GTK+ themes.

Qt for Windows
--------------

Qt for Mac OS X
---------------

 - [QTBUG-7832]: Restored missing margins around non-unified toolbars.
 - [QTBUG-7312]: Menubar and dock disappear after hiding a fullscreen widget on Cocoa.
 - [QTBUG-7522]: Drawing fake buttons using QMacStyle+QStyleOptionViewItemV4 lead to crash.
 - [QTBUG-7625]: Calling showFullScreen() then showNormal() on a widget results in top menu hiding.
 - [QTBUG-7086]: QFileDialog now correctly responds to fileMode & acceptMode changes.
 - [QTBUG-7162]: Fixed a crash in Designer when previewing a QMainWindow with native toolbar.
 - [QTBUG-7305]: Fixed a crash when deleting QMainWindow with native toolbar on Cocoa.
 - [QTBUG-6882]: Fixed a text layout issue with QHeaderView in right-to-left mode.

Qt for Embedded Linux
---------------------

 -

DirectFB
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  * Fix a bug where QPixmap::serialNumber was not set on a transformed pixmap
    in DirectFB.
  * Reimplement QPixmapData::scroll for QDirectFBPixmapData which optimizes
    QPixmap::scroll
  * Fix a rendering issue for semi-transparent top level windows in DirectFB.
  * Make it possible to fall back to the raster engine for stretch blits in
    DirectFB using QT_NO_DIRECTFB_STRETCHBLIT
 -

Qt for Windows CE
-----------------

 -

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*                          Tools                                           *
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 - Designer
   * [QTBUG-6965] Enabled editing seconds of QDateTime-type properties
   * [QTBUG-6757] Fixed bug where selection handles would be affected by
     a style sheet set on the main form.

 - uic3
   * [QTBUG-7404] Added option to preserve layout names set by Qt 3 Designer.

 - qdoc3
   * bar

 - Linguist
   * baz

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* Important Behavior Changes *
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