Added changes filev5.4.0

Change-Id: Ia8e0ad300b4651746a7741d0482587cbcd2f891c
Reviewed-by: Florian Bruhin <qt-project.org@the-compiler.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@digia.com>

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+Qt 5.4 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
+over the 5.3.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation
+included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online:
+
+  http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.4
+
+The Qt version 5.4 series is binary compatible with the 5.3.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.3 will continue to run with 5.4.
+
+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.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                          Library                                         *
+****************************************************************************
+
+QtWebkit
+--------
+
+ - The Qt WebKit module is considered done. Users should consider migrating to Qt WebEngine to keep up with new web features.
+ - [QTBUG-41877] Fixed regression causing network crashes on high bandwidth websites.
+
+
+QtWebkitWidgets
+---------------
+
+ - Accelerated compositing is now also supported with a QOpenGLWidget as the viewport.
+ - Accelerated 2D Canvas can now be activated to make HTML canvas elements render using the OpenGL painter.
+
+QtWebkitQML
+-----------
+
+ - Integration with QWebChannel.
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                      Platform Specific Changes                           *
+****************************************************************************
+
+Windows
+-------
+
+ - Support for dynamic GL builds.
+ - [QTBUG-42417] Fixed occational crashes in Windows 64-bit JavaScript JIT.
+
+
+Machine architectures
+---------------------
+
+ - [QTBUG-41896] Fixed common JavaScript crashes on big-endian architectures.
+ - [QTBUG-35681] Low level interpreter is now enabled on softfp ARM ABI if VFP is available.