Add changelog for 5.5.0 versionv5.5.0-rc1v5.5.0

Change-Id: Iebd67ba1ba465fd2027a19a3e14e9932e088b2dc
Reviewed-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Belyashov <Sergey.Belyashov@gmail.com>

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+QtSerialPort 5.5 introduces a few new features and improvements as well as
+bugfixes over the 5.4.x series. For more details, refer to the online
+documentation included in this distribution. The documentation is also available
+online:
+
+  https://doc.qt.io/
+
+The QtSerialPort version 5.5 series is binary compatible with the 5.4.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.4 will continue to run with 5.5.
+
+Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
+corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
+
+  http://bugreports.qt.io/
+
+Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
+information about a particular change.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                          Library                                         *
+****************************************************************************
+
+ - Now the version for Qt 4 always will be in the separate "qt4-dev" branch.
+
+ - QSerialPort:
+   * [QTBUG-34946] The streaming does not stop anymore when the window is
+     resizing or moving.
+   * Added new lock directories for the *nix-specific platforms.
+   * The method QSP::clearError() now clears the error string.
+   * [QTBUG-45338] It is now possible to open the serial port on OS X when
+     the App Sandbox is used.
+   * [QTBUG-46066] The QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=QT_VERSION macro does
+     not lead to compilation failure now.