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diff --git a/dist/changes-5.13.0 b/dist/changes-5.13.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc8d4ff --- /dev/null +++ b/dist/changes-5.13.0 @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Qt 5.13 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes +over the 5.12.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation +included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: + +https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html + +The Qt version 5.13 series is binary compatible with the 5.12.x series. +Applications compiled for 5.12 will continue to run with 5.13 under most +conditions. There may be exceptions if you are using Qt Remote Objects +between proesses or devices running different versions Qt. The different +versions of Qt must be running compatible versions of QtRO's protocol. + +Changes to the Qt Remote Objects protocol are documented online: + +https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtremoteobjects-compatibility.html + +The QtRO protocol has been updated in Qt 5.12.4 and Qt 5.13.0 to 1.3. + +Background: Qt's QueuedConnections work by copying signal parameters so +the copy can be held and then later processed in another threads +eventloop, allowing the original data to be changed in the originating +thread. + +Qt Remote Objects leverages this capability and sends that data from a +QObject in one process to a QObject in another. There is a specific +protocol for this, as both sides need to interpret what is sent the +same way. For example, there are Invoke and PropertyChanged packets +exchanged. In addition to this, both sides need to know how to encode and +decode all types shared. This type awareness is easy to ensure if the +repc compiler is used to generate the headers for all sides. + +However, there are use cases where this isn't possible. In these cases +QtRO will send the type (metaobject) information as well, allowing the +receiving side to generate the required type information at runtime for +certain types (PODs and enumerations). + +There were issues found in this type serialization code that required a +change to the protocol. There are a number of commits going into both +Qt 5.13.0 and Qt 5.12.4 with fixes. This means that you will not be able +to use Qt Remote Objects on a device using Qt 5.12.3 or earlier and +communicate to another device using Qt 5.12.4/5.13.0. + +Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers +corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: + +https://bugreports.qt.io/ + +The following fixes were part of the above protocol change and are in +5.12.4 and 5.13.0. + +Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more +information about a particular change. + + - QTBUG-75017: QtRO processes can crash if type registration is incorrect + - QTBUG-75056: Correctly handle QVariant properties on the replica side + - QTBUG-74084: QT remote objects false conversion warning in case of + QVariant property |