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diff --git a/dist/changes-5.8.0 b/dist/changes-5.8.0 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4d41f0ee5 --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/changes-5.8.0 @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Qt 5.8 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes +over the 5.7.x series. 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 5.8 series is binary compatible with the 5.7.x series. +Applications compiled for 5.7 will continue to run with 5.8. + +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. + +General +------- + + - Greatly improved test coverage + - Added more documentation + - Fixed large number of bugs across all of Qt 3D + +Render +------ + + - Texture system reworked to improve sharing of textures on the backend + and to minimize uploads to the GPU. + - Do not mirror texture coordinates or textures by default. + - Uniform handling system overhauled to remove usage of QVariant on the + backend. + - QRenderCapture framegraph node added to allow read back of the write + framebuffer to a QImage. + - Improved parallelisation of several job types. + - Improved parallelisation of OpenGL submission thread with building the + next frame. + - QObjectPicker is now also able to pick back facing triangles. + +Input +----- + + - Added QAxisAccumulator to allow tracking and integration of QAxis values + by treating the axis values as velocity or acceleration values. + - Added concept of proxy devices to allow new device plugins to easily + enumerate axes and buttons. + +Extras +------ + + - Various fixes to the geometry attributes |