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Qt 4.8.6 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.8.0, 4.8.1, 4.8.2, 4.8.3,
4.8.4, and 4.8.5.
For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this
distribution. The documentation is also available online:

   http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/

The Qt version 4.8 series is binary compatible with the 4.7.x series.
Applications compiled for 4.7 will continue to run with 4.8.

Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:

   http://bugreports.qt-project.org/

Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain
more information about a particular change.

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General Improvements
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- Security Fix for XML Entity Expansion Denial of Service (the ‘Billion Laughs’ attack)
- Better support for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- Basque translation added and many other translations improved

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QtGui
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- Fix selected tab text color regression on OS X 10.6 [QTBUG-34540]
- QDockWidget: Keep position when undocking [QTBUG-31044]
- QGtkStyle: add getIconThemeName() helper function
- Recognize separator item in QMenu [QTBUG-31664]
- Doc: remove the duplicate for in QStyle documentation [QTBUG-31739]
- Fix drawing of 0-width polylines from outside the devicerect [QTBUG-31579]
- Fix clipping of QTextList decorators [QTBUG-5111]
- qpa: Fix memory leak of QFontEngineBox object
- Sun CC: Fix QFileDialog compilation [QTBUG-21451]
- Consider virtual screen when determining dock widget visibility [QTBUG-32260]
- Move the declaration of QFileIconProviderPrivate to it's own file
- Fix double transform for items ignoring parent transformations [QTBUG-21618]
- Link to correct function in QApplication documentation [QTBUG-26123]
- Add offset reading support in pnghandler [QTBUG-32674]
- QPdfEngine - Remove Producer copyright notice [QTBUG-33853]
- QWizard: give all buttons an objectName [QTBUG-29924]
- QWizard: provoke 'enum value not handled in switch' warnings in object_name_for_button
- When reparenting a widget, children need to reregister as a drop site [QTBUG-30276]
- Fix compile when QT_NO_WARNING_OUTPUT defined without QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM [QTBUG-33301]
- Clean up a partially scrolled QRollEffect widget
- QSpinBox: fix cursor jumping around when pressing up/down keys [QTBUG-15116]
- Fix layouts with expanding items with maximum size [QTBUG-33104]
- Add missing interpolator for unsigned int [QTBUG-33268]
- Compilation fix for libjpeg release 9 [QTBUG-33166]
- Add missing variables initialization before requesting png offset [QTBUG-32674]
- Ensure lastPixel.y is also initialized to -1 when necessary [QTBUG-31579]
- Properly paint QListView dragged item in icon mode [QTBUG-1180]
- Correctly fix compilation of NEON_ASM sources [QTBUG-29765]
- Fix misaligned selection region with text when centered [QTBUG-34218, QTBUG-34234]
- Avoid floating point exceptions in rasterizeLine [QTBUG-16757]
- Correct wordwrapped text handling in QListView icon mode [QTBUG-4714]
- DontUseNativeDialog is not just for the Mac color dialog [QTBUG-14341]
- Fix crash when using GTK 2.14 function in old gtk [QTBUG-23569]
- Fix a crash when reparenting widgets on Windows [QTBUG-30276, QTBUG-37346]
- Windows: Restore maximized/full screen widgets to correct screen [QTBUG-4397, QTBUG-21371]
- QWindowsXP/VistaStyle: Fix detection of item view delegate line edits [QTBUG-37504]
- QMenuPrivate: Make sloppyDelayTimer non-static
- QMenu: Enable sloppy submenu mouse navigation
- QPushButton: draw label using the stylesheet's font [QTBUG-8990]
- QPrintDialog: document the modality on OS X and Windows [QTBUG-32464]
- QPrintDialog OSX: don't crash if ApplicationModal and no parent [QTBUG-32464]
- printsupport: set duplex setting correctly to CUPS printer
- Pass events to QGestureManager from the main (GUI) thread only [QTBUG-20946]
- Avoid out of bounds memory reads when scaling images [QTBUG-35927]

QtNetwork
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- Network requests: do not access 1st byte of empty byte array [QTBUG-31667]
- Fix various NTLM/Digest multi-threading and usage issues [QTBUG-15472,
  QTBUG-17322, QTBUG-18794, QTBUG-13063, QTBUG-16585]
- QNetwork: Check AuthenticationReuseAttribute when using credentials from url
- QNetworkProxyFactory: check all the proxy environment variables
- HTTP internals: do not access reply that was deleted already [QTBUG-32404]
- Change default URL of http example to Qt Project page
- QHttpMultiPart: fix data corruption in readData method [QTBUG-32534]
- Network: fix multi-phased NTLM authentication (qauthenticator)
- SSL: blacklist ANSSI intermediate certificate [QTBUG-35474]
- Correct algorithm for digest auth when using the CONNECT verb
- QDeclarativeTypeLoader doesn't close processed QNetworkReplies
- Prevent spurious SSL errors from local certificates [QTBUG-7200, QTBUG-24234, QTBUG-33228]
- Network: fix doc typo in QNetworkConfigurationManager

QtCore
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- Clear the current thread data for the main thread
- Make sure QThreadData and QAdoptedThread object is destroyed at app exit [QTBUG-30134]
- Fix crash when re-creating QThreadData after initially destroying it
- Implement apostrophe in windows cmd args [QTBUG-15379]
- QUrl stringprep: recalculate the current position if the size changes
- QUrl stringprep: fix case folding from non-BMP to BMP
- QUrl stringprep: fix handling of prohibited characters
- QUrl stringprep: avoid recalculating the surrogates we already know
- QUrl stringprep: fix handling of U+0080: it's prohibited
- QString::normalize(): Fix assertion in some corner case [QTBUG-30931]
- Accept defeat when select(2)ing without a monotonic clock [QTBUG-22301]
- Fix warning when building objects with a Q_OBJECT macro
- Add support for the Linux/m68k platform [QTBUG-28237]
- Sun CC 5.10 supports Template-Template Parameters [QTBUG-18879]
- Restore QProcessEnvironment shared data thread safety on unix [QTBUG-30779]
- Fix crash in QProcess::waitForStarted() on Unix [QTBUG-32958]
- Add Q_ASSERT in qAllocMore() function [QTBUG-33038]
- Introduce Windows version 8.1 and detect by checking the version
- Fix the assert failure in QShortcutMap::find [QTBUG-30871]
- QLocale: Update Portuguese and Greek locales data
- Backport of Qt5 applicationName handling
- Fix sigchld-Handler [QTBUG-32979]
- QThreadPool: fix typos [QTBUG-31919]
- QThreadPool: fix data races in activeThreadCount()
- QThreadPool: fix counting of waiting threads [QTBUG-21051]
- QThreadPool: fix race at time of thread expiry [QTBUG-3786]
- QObject: use per-thread storage for qFlagLocation() [QTBUG-3680]
- QThread: Fix link to snippet in documentation
- Don't use Standard Library routines in qthread_p.h [QTBUG-35424]
- Fix the name of the arguments of qAtan2 to match std::atan2 [QTBUG-27090]
- Qt 3 Support: Prevent double deletion of QObjectPrivate::threadData in QSettings [QTBUG-36908]
- Doc: Discuss the concept of thread affinity in more detail
- Doc: Update, and reduce duplication of, QThread-related info
- Add AArch64 support to qfilesystemwatcher_inotify.cpp

QtScript
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- Fix tab-completion for variables that have digits in them
- qtscript: Add support for MIPS64 platforms [QTBUG-35030]
- Fix recursive calling of QScriptProgram [QTBUG-37317]

QtDBus
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- Don't crash if the relayed signal was emitted from the wrong thread [QTBUG-31932]
- QDBusPendingCall: add a missing QWaitCondition::wakeAll() call
- Fix unprotected access to QDBusPendingCallPrivate::pending [QTBUG-27809]
- Remove QDBusPendingCallPrivate::autoDelete logic [QTBUG-27809]
- Change QDBusPendingCallPrivate to full reference counting for deletion [QTBUG-27809]

QtWebkit
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- Bring in WebKit revisions 139553 and 139921
- [Qt][WK1] navigator.plugins shows too few entries (WebPlatformStrategies)
- [WK1] NPStream::headers not initialized [QTBUG-32181]
- Fix WebKit TimerHeap implementaiton to work with more standard libraries
- WebKit Nullptr type fixes when using libc++
- Correct WebKit build path settings
- qt webkit: add support for MIPS64 platforms [QTBUG-35394]
- Ensure the webftp example works with newer versions of webkit
- Remove -fuse-ld=gold from webkit's LFLAGS

QtSql
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- Fix off-by-one index check (qsqlcachedresult)
- Fix QByteArray memory corruption in QIBaseDriver::open() [QTBUG-37508]

QtXml
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- Fully expand entities to ensure deep or widely nested ones fail parsing
- Mitigate performance regression in isExpandedEntityValueTooLarge() [QTBUG-35919]

Declarative
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- Validate qmlEngine() in QDeclarativeItem::mapToItem() function [QTBUG-29572]
- Use GET method for redirect in QDeclarativeXMLHttpRequest [QTBUG-32332]
- Change domain used in cpp-extensions-example [QTBUG-32390]
- Fixed rounding errors in QtQuick1 to int conversions [QTBUG-33625]

OpenGL
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- Set projection matrix for systems with OpenGL 3.1 [QTBUG-28284]

Plugins
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- Add missing argument to QBasicUnixFontDatabase::fallbacksForFamily()
- Accessibility: ComboBoxes should expose their line edits as text (complexwidgets)

3rdParty
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- Compile with clang's libc++ (javascriptcore)
- clucene: Compile with clang's libc++
- Add AArch64 detection support to JavaScriptCore
- Fix compilation of Qt Script with MSVC 2013 (JavaScriptCore\wtf\MathExtras.h)

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Qt for Linux/X11
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- Fixes: ASSERT in qpaintengine_x11 when using native graphicssystem [QTBUG-32166]
- evdev tablet support on Linux [QTBUG-25329]
- Fix problem with QNetworkAddressEntry returning a invalid netmask [QTBUG-33911]

Qt for Windows
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- Only use Vista style for Wizards when on Vista or later
- Cleanup QFileIconProviderPrivate::getWinIcon()
- Include <new> instead of <ciso646> for libc++ detection [QTBUG-32773]
- Active Qt: Remove invalid memset()-call [QTBUG-34722]
- MinGW: Fix warnings about assigned but not used variables
- Fix MinGW-warnings about narrowing/invalid conversions
- qsimd: Fix compilation with MinGW 64
- Kernel: Fix gcc warning in qsharedmemory_win.cpp
- Do not send clipboard message to application under debugger (qclipboard_win.cpp)
- Fix crash in QWidgetPrivate::unregisterOleDnd() when dropTarget->Release() decrements reference count to zero [QTBUG-13237]
- Use correct mask constant in the Windows event dispatcher [QTBUG-18852, QTBUG-28513,
  QTBUG-29097, QTBUG-29435, QTBUG-32257]
- Fix scrollbar appearance on Win8 [QTBUG-26503]
- Fix QOleDropTarget object leak
- Windows: Introduce QFileDialog::DontUseCustomDirectoryIcons
- Windows: Fix tablet position in relative (mouse) mode
- Threads: Fix mingw-gcc warning about 'cast to pointer from integer of different size'
- Fix signature of the waveInProc/waveOutProc callbacks
- Multimedia: Fix MinGW-warning about assigning NULL to int-type
- Fix virtual key mapping on MS Windows [QTBUG-8764, QTBUG-10032, QTBUG-33409]
- Fix bug in updatePossibleKeyCodes() with dead keys and modifiers [QTBUG-33591]
- Fixed assert in Windows key handling [QTBUG-35005]
- QPrintDialog - Fix Windows Current Page option selection [QTBUG-32965]
- Fixed various crashes in connection point enumerators [QTBUG-35136,
  QTBUG-35262, QTBUG-35263, QTBUG-35264, QTBUG-35265, QTBUG-35266,
  QTBUG-35267, QTBUG-35283, QTBUG-35284, QTBUG-35285, QTBUG-35286]
- qthread_win.cpp: Fix warnings when waiting for adopted threads [QTBUG-35591]
- Fixed another assert in qwindowskeymapper [QTBUG-35532]
- QWizard: Fix frame when using Vista style/MSVC2012 [QTBUG-36192]
- QWindowsVistaStyle: Fixed position of menu gutter when using a custom widget action [QTBUG-36218]
- QWindowVistaStyle: Always initialize text color of menu items [QTBUG-36142]
- Windows: Do not try to update keymap on WM_IME_CHAR messages [QTBUG-35806]
- Win: Fixed assert in QKeyMapperPrivate::possibleKeys [QTBUG-36061]
- Add MinGW-builds gcc 4.8.2 as Tier 2 platform

Qt for Mac OS X
---------------
- CoreWLan bearer plugin now compiles and runs under OS X 10.9
- Fix for OS X QFileDialog showing bundle as directory [QTBUG-31562]
- Cleanup the QDrag when doing a drag with the right mouse button on Mac
- Fix leak in QDragManager::drag on mac
- Can show the Cocoa color panel repeatedly [QTBUG-11188]
- qfilesystemengine_mac.cpp is empty => purge
- Mac: Handle the maximizing of the window ourselves when it is frameless
- Fix QListWidget item widget scroll bug [QTBUG-27043]
- Make libtiff link on OS X 10.9
- Don't assume that all CFPropertyListRef are CFArrayRefs [QTBUG-29776]
- Make sure to also check for null CFPropertyLists [QTBUG-30760]
- Remove a left over cast that is now semantically incorrect (qlocale)
- Remove OS X unsupported warning (qglobal.h)
- Fix unused private field warning in QMacMime
- OSX: Disable window restoration for the Mac color panel [QTBUG-31750]
- Mac: make windows not restorable on 10.7 and later [QTBUG-28281]
- Keep web fontdata alive as long as CG uses it
- QLocale - Fix Mac date format code translation [QTBUG-25057]
- Make QCoreWlan plugin compile on 10.9
- Correct QToolBar layout on retina displays
- Cocoa File Dialog: Remove sandbox-ufriendly QDir::entryList() call [QTBUG-34012]
- Use the correct system font on OS X Mavericks [QTBUG-32789]
- Optimize macDisplayColorSpace [QTBUG-34358]
- Mac style: Fix selected tab text color on 10.6 [QTBUG-34540]
- CoreWLan: Fix potential unhandled exception assert [QTBUG-26844]
- Keep the copied files as writable (macdeployqt)
- Backported fix for WebKit libc++ support on OS X Mavricks
- Respect the custom paper size settings on Mac [QTBUG-34700]
- Enable building with clang / libc++ on OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- Use qt_mac_effectiveview_for for setFocus_sys [QTBUG-34371]
- WebKit: Remove video support on OS X [QTBUG-32237]
- Cocoa: fix a typo for F9 in key mapping [QTBUG-34820]
- Mac: Fix file dialog filters when filter doesn't start with '*' [QTBUG-17326]
- Fix building of JSC for earlier versions of gcc on Mac
- Fix building of WebKit's JSC for earlier versions of gcc on Mac
- Fix Mac Bearer when machine has no wifi (qcorewlanengine)
- Do not use fileno calls in forked child [QTBUG-37306]

Qt for Blackberry\QNX
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- QSystemLocale: Fix the time format on BlackBerry 10
- QNX: Changing the way JSC retrieves the current stack base pointer ()
- BlackBerry: Increased loop level around bps_get_event (qeventdispatcher)
- QNX: hardcode on-demand SSL root cert loading [QTBUG-32549]
- QNX: adapt SSL lib file name lookup heuristics [QTBUG-32548]
- BlackBerry: Fixed cover mode
- BlackBerry: improve BPS event lifetime management
- BlackBerry: Prevent superfluous removal of socket notifiers [QTBUG-34536]
- QLocale: Fix infinite loop in error case
- QNX: Make use of _readdir64_r
- QBBSystemLocale: Do not set fixed buffer size when reading pps objects
- BlackBerry: Improve platform specific documentation

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Assistant
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- Make sure .qch file is opened read-only [QTCREATORBUG-10697]
- Assistant: Set the url on created QNetworkReply objects [QTCREATORBUG-8211]

Designer
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- Designer: Fix morphing of widgets in QSplitters [QTBUG-31911]
- Fix resetting of string properties [QTBUG-34171]
- Qt Designer: Implement property() for QAxWidgetPropertySheet [QTBUG-34592]
- Designer: remove dead code in QStackedWidgetPreviewEventFilter::updateButtonToolTip()
- QUiLoader/Designer: Fix gcc 4.8 warnings about unused typedefs
- Store changed status of the QAxWidget's "control" property correctly [QTBUG-37602]

Linquist
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- lupdate: Fixing decoding of QML files
- Execute some loops even in cumulative mode [QTBUG-8550]
- Fix strings from #included sources not being collected [QTBUG-27974]
- Correctly resolve INCLUDEPATH relative to current project [QTBUG-24587]
- Ensure correct codec is used for Sources and Forms view

Configure
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- configure: Add QtConcurrent support for Sun CC 5.1x
- Cascade detection of SSE3 support and up [QTBUG-24773]
- Make configure.exe only detect each compiler once
- Fix detection of mingw gcc >=4.6
- Remove incorrect check for mingw 64 bit
- Fix compilation failure in configure.exe
- Basic AArch64 (aka arm64) detection
- rebuild configure.exe

mkspecs
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- gdb_dwarf_index: Use a sed call that's more POSIX-compliant
- Sun CC: Fix QtNetwork compilation (mkspecs\solaris-cc\qplatformdefs.h)
- Add support for Visual Studio 2013 [QTBUG-36135]
- win32-msvc2013: force synchronous writes to .pdb files [QTBUG-36398]
- fix PlatformToolSet tag location in vcxproj files [QTBUG-30822]

Other
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- Document the fact that QPA is experimental in Qt 4.8 [QTBUG-26912]
- Documentation: Remove references to Nokia and obsolete QSA-product
- Remove Nokia reference in Qt Test documentation [QTBUG-29307]
- Doc: Update description of qmake LIBS variable [QTBUG-30229]
- Expose QTest::currentAppName() and remove hard-coded argv[0] in tests
- Doc: update description of qmake SUBDIRS variable [QTBUG-14139]
- Remove duplicated contexts in qt_de.ts [QTBUG-33271]
- Doc: update Project Options section in qmake Manual [QTBUG-25683]
- Update Hebrew translation
- Update Arabic translation
- Completely bootstrap idc [QTBUG-35275]
- Fix Japanese translation
- qmlplugindump is missing --noinstantiate option on Qt 4.8 [QTBUG-36380]
- Added Basque translation
- Fix link to Tier 2 mingw-builds version (Docs)
- Doc: Mention that MINGWM10.DLL only applies to MinGW 4.4