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Qt 4.7.1 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
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compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 4.7.0.  For more details,
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refer to the online documentation included in this distribution. The
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documentation is also available online:
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  http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.7
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The Qt version 4.7 series is binary compatible with the 4.6.x series.
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Applications compiled for 4.6 will continue to run with 4.7.
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Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
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corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker, the (now obsolete) Task
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Tracker, or the Merge Request queue of the public source repository.
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Qt Bug Tracker: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com
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Task Tracker:   http://qt.nokia.com/developer/task-tracker
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Merge Request:  http://qt.gitorious.org
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*                           General                                        *
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Optimizations
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 - Improved the benchmarking library's timing code
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    * Uses a faster access to the system clock
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 * See list of Important Behavior Changes below
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