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+Qt 4.7 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
+over the 4.6.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation
+included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online:
+
+ http://qt.nokia.com/doc/4.7
+
+The Qt version 4.7 series is binary compatible with the 4.6.x series.
+Applications compiled for 4.6 will continue to run with 4.7.
+
+Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
+corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
+
+ http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/
+
+Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
+information about a particular change.
+
+****************************************************************************
+* General *
+****************************************************************************
+
+General Improvements
+--------------------
+
+- Documentation and Examples
+
+- Support for the GL_EXT_geometry_shader4, aka Geometry Shaders, was added
+ to QGLShaderProgram.
+
+New features
+------------
+
+ - QNetworkSession, QNetworkConfiguration, QNetworkConfigurationManager
+ * New bearer management classes added.
+
+Third party components
+----------------------
+
+ - Updated libpng to version 1.4.0
+
+ - Updated libjpeg to version 8
+
+ - Updated libtiff to version 3.9.2
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Library *
+****************************************************************************
+
+QtCore
+------
+
+ - QMetaType
+ * Significantly improved performance of the type() function
+ - QState
+ * [QTBUG-7741] Added a function to get the out-going transitions
+ - QStateMachine
+ * [QTBUG-8842] Reset history states when (re)starting machine
+ - QXmlStreamReader
+ * [QTBUG-9196] fixed crash when parsing
+ - QTimer
+ * singleShot with 0 timeout will now avoid allocating objects
+
+QtGui
+-----
+
+ - QAbstractItemView
+ * Fixed a bug that would cause keyboard searches not to behave
+ properly when used within 400 milliseconds of midnight.
+
+ - QComboBox
+ * [QTBUG-8796] Made ForegroundRole work for all styles.
+
+ - QPrinter
+ * Obsoleted the slightly confusing setNumCopies() and numCopies()
+ functions, and replaced them with setCopyCount(), copyCount() and
+ supportsMultipleCopies().
+
+ - QPrintDialog/QPrinter
+ * Added support for printing the current page.
+
+ - QCommonStyle
+ * Fixed a bug that led to missing text pixels in QTabBar when using
+ small font sizes. (QTBUG-7137)
+
+ - QGraphicsEffect
+ * Fixed rendering bugs when scrolling graphics items with drop
+ shadows.
+
+ - QGraphicsItem
+ * [QTBUG-8112] itemChange() is now called when transformation
+ properties change (setRotation, setScale, setTransformOriginPoint).
+
+ - QGraphicsTextItem
+ * [QTBUG-7333] Fixed keyboard shortcuts not being triggered when the
+ the item has focus and something else has the same shortcut sequence.
+
+ - QGraphicsView
+ * [QTBUG-7438] Fixed viewport cursor getting reset when releasing
+ the mouse.
+
+ - QImage
+ * [QTBUG-9640] Prevented unneccessary copy in QImage::setAlphaChannel().
+ * [QTBUG-7982] Added QImage::bitPlaneCount().
+
+ - QPicture
+ * [QTBUG-4974] Printing QPictures containing text to a high resolution
+ QPrinter would in many cases cause incorrect character spacing.
+
+ - QPainter
+ * Added QPainter::drawPixmapFragments(), which makes it possible to draw
+ pixmaps, or sub-rectangles of pixmaps, at various positions with
+ different scale, opacity and rotation.
+ * [QTBUG-10018] Fixed image drawing inconsistencies when drawing
+ 1x1 source rects with rotating / shear / perspective transforms.
+ * Optimized various blending and rendering operations for ARM
+ processors with a NEON vector unit.
+ * Fixed some performance issues when drawing sub-pixmaps of large
+ pixmaps and falling back to raster in the X11 paint engine.
+
+ - QPainterPath
+ * [QTBUG-3778] Fixed bug in painter path polygon intersection code.
+ * [QTBUG-7396] Optimized painter path intersections for when at
+ least one of the paths is a rectangle by special casing.
+ * [QTBUG-8035] Got rid of bezier intersection code in the boolean
+ operators (intersect, subtract, unite) to prevent numerical
+ stability issues.
+
+ - QPixmap
+ * [QTBUG-4149] Fixed QPixmap::grabWidget() on widgets that have not yet
+ been shown.
+
+ - QPlastiqueStyle
+ * [QTBUG-6516] Respect AlternateBase role for list views.
+
+ - QRegion
+ * [QTBUG-7699] Fixed crash caused by large x-coordinates.
+
+ - QSplitter
+ * [QTBUG-9335] Improve support for 1-pixel splitters by using a
+ larger drag area.
+
+ - QTransform
+ * [QTBUG-8557] Fixed bug in QTransform::type() potentially occuring
+ after using operator/ or operator* or their overloads.
+
+QtNetwork
+---------
+ - QHostInfo: Added a small 60 second DNS cache
+ - QNetworkAccessManager
+ * Performance improvements for file:// and http://
+ * Crash fixes
+ * Improvements on HTTP pipelining
+ * Fix problem with canReadLine()
+ * Fix problem with HTTP 100 reply
+ * Some new attributes for QNetworkRequest
+ * [QTBUG-8206] add method to send custom requests
+ * [QTBUG-9618] [MR 2372] send secure cookies only over secure connections
+ * [QTBUG-7713] Fix bug related to re-sending request
+ * [QTBUG-7673] Fix issue with some webservers
+ - Sockets
+ * Better support for derived QTcpServer
+ * [QTBUG-7054] Fix error handling with waitFor*() for socket engine
+ * [QTBUG-7316, QTBUG-7317] Also handle unknown errors from socket engine
+ - SSL
+ * [QTBUG-2515] Do not make OpenSSL prompt for a password
+ * [QTBUG-6504, QTBUG-8924, QTBUG-5645] Fix memleak
+
+QtOpenGL
+--------
+ - QGLWidget
+ * [QTBUG-7865] Fixed bug where GL widgets were not fully updated on
+ Windows Vista/7 with Aero disabled.
+
+QtScript
+--------
+ - Updated src/3rdparty/javascriptcore to a more recent version
+ - Significantly improved performance of the Qt/C++<-->JavaScript bridge
+ - QScriptValueIterator: Significantly improved performance
+ - [QTBUG-3637] Added a wrap option for excluding slots from a QObject binding
+ - [QTBUG-6238] Added a function for reporting additional memory cost
+ - [QTBUG-6908] Significantly improved performance of qsTr()
+
+QtSvg
+-----
+ - QSvgRenderer
+ * [QTBUG-8264] Fixed rounded rectangles when 'rx' or 'ry' is zero.
+ * [QTBUG-10022] Fixed assert failure when loading an invalid SVG.
+
+QtXmlPatterns
+-------------
+
+ - [QTBUG-8920] fixed crash with anonymous types in XsdSchemaChecker
+ - [QTBUG-8394] include/import/redefine schemas only once
+ - QXmlSchema: fix crash with referencing elements
+
+Qt Plugins
+----------
+
+ - Jpeg image IO plugin
+ * Fixed failure to store certain QImage formats as jpeg (QTBUG-7780)
+ * Optimized smoothscaling
+ * Optimized to avoid data copy when reading from memory device (QTBUG-9095)
+
+ - SVG image IO plugin
+ * Added support for svgz format (QTBUG-8227)
+ * Fixed canRead() so that it can be used also for non-sequential
+ devices. (QTBUG-9053)
+ * Added support for clipping and scaling and backgroundcolor
+ * Optimized to avoid data copy when reading from memory device (QTBUG-9095)
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Database Drivers *
+****************************************************************************
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Platform Specific Changes *
+****************************************************************************
+
+Qt for Linux/X11
+----------------
+ - QGtkStyle
+ * Fixed rtl issues with sliders (QTBUG-8986)
+ * Fixed missing pressed appearance on scroll bar handles. (QTBUG-10396)
+
+Qt for Windows
+--------------
+ - Popup windows now implicitly activate when shown. (QTBUG-7386)
+
+ - QLocalSocket
+ * Pipe handle leak fixed, when closing a QLocalSocket that still has
+ unwritten data. (QTBUG-7815)
+ * Fixed closing state for local sockets with unwritten data. (QTBUG-9681)
+ * Improved performance of writing to QLocalSocket.
+
+
+Qt for Mac OS X
+---------------
+ - QMacStyle
+ * Removed frame around statusbar items. (QTBUG-3574)
+ * More native appearance of item view headers and frames. (QTBUG-10047)
+
+Qt for Embedded Linux
+---------------------
+
+ * Add support for WA_TranslucentBackground (QTBUG-5739)
+ * Add support for QFont::NoAntialias (QTBUG-5936)
+
+Qt for Windows CE
+-----------------
+
+ - Core changes
+ * Fixed menu handling on Windows mobile. (QTBUG-8754)
+ * Fixed a crash when receiving a certain type of WM_SETTINGSCHANGE
+ message. (QTBUG-7943)
+
+ - QWindowsMobileStyle
+ * Huge performance penalty for QTabWidget fixed for
+ Windows mobile 6.5. (QTBUG-8419)
+ * QTabBar scroll button size has been fixed. (QTBUG-8757)
+ * Detection of Windows mobile 6.5 fixed. (QTBUG-8418)
+
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Compiler Specific Changes *
+****************************************************************************
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Tools *
+****************************************************************************
+
+- Build System
+
+ - "configure -fast" on Windows now also works for other make tools than
+ nmake. (QTBUG-8562)
+
+- Assistant
+
+
+- Designer
+ - [QTBUG-9351] Fixed a bug that caused modified headerview-properties
+ of item views to be duplicated in the UI-file.
+ - [QTBUG-8347] Fixed a layout problem caused by embedded images in the rich
+ text of a QLabel.
+ - [QTBUG-8041], [QTBUG-8213] Fixed a crash related to undo while moving
+ widgets by arrow keys.
+ - [QTBUG-7822] Added support for the 'windowOpacity'-property.
+ - [QTBUG-7764] Fixed the emission of the propertyChanged()-signal of
+ QDesignerPropertyEditorInterface.
+ - [QTBUG-5492] Made widgetbox-filter match on class names, too.
+
+- Linguist
+ - Linguist GUI
+
+ - lupdate
+
+ - lrelease
+
+
+- rcc
+
+
+- moc
+
+
+- uic
+
+- uic3
+
+ - [QTBUG-9207] Fixed export of image files of type XPM, added
+ compatibility option -limit-xpm-linelength.
+
+- qmake
+
+
+- configure
+
+
+- qtconfig
+
+
+- qt3to4
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Plugins *
+****************************************************************************
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+* Important Behavior Changes *
+****************************************************************************
+
+QtScript: Changes due to updating src/3rdparty/javascriptcore:
+ - It is no longer possible to delete an undeletable property from C++
+ using QScriptValue::setProperty().
+ - The QScriptEngineAgent::positionChange() callback will always report
+ a column number of 1.
+ - QScriptValueIterator will include the "length" property when iterating
+ over Array objects.