| Qt 5.7 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.6.x series. Also, there is a change in the licensing terms. |
| For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this |
| distribution. The documentation is also available online: |
| |
| http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html |
| |
| The Qt version 5.7 series is binary compatible with the 5.6.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.6 will continue to run with 5.7. |
| |
| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: |
| |
| https://bugreports.qt.io/ |
| |
| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Important License Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| This module is no longer available under LGPLv2.1. The libraries are |
| now available under the following licenses: |
| * Commercial License |
| * GNU General Public License v2.0 (LICENSE.GPL2) and later |
| * GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (LICENSE.LGPL3) |
| |
| The tools are now available under the following licenses: |
| * Commercial License |
| * GNU General Public License 3.0 (LICENSE.GPL3) with exceptions |
| described in The Qt Company GPL Exception 1.0 (LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT) |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Library * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| QtMultimedia |
| ------------ |
| |
| - Playlist (QML): |
| * Added new addItems(), insertItems(), moveItem() and removeItems() |
| methods. |
| |
| - CameraImageProcessing (QML): |
| * Added new brightness property. |
| |
| - QCameraImageProcessing: |
| * Added new brightness property. |
| |
| - QPlaylist: |
| * Added new moveMedia() function. |
| |
| **************************************************************************** |
| * Platform Specific Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
| |
| tvOS |
| ---- |
| |
| - Added support for media player and camera APIs. |
| |
| WinRT |
| ----- |
| |
| - [QTBUG-42287] Added support for QAudioDeviceInfo, QAudioInput, |
| QAudioOutput, and QSoundEffect. |
