Add changes file for 5.9.0v5.9.0-rc2v5.9.0-rc1v5.9.0-beta4v5.9.0

Listing important changes and bug-fixes.

Change-Id: Ib9ac4fff8076ed2ccaea696441a81eaa511568b2
Reviewed-by: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis@qt.io>

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+Qt 5.9 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
+over the 5.8.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 5.9 series is binary compatible with the 5.8.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.8 will continue to run with 5.9.
+
+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.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                              New Features                                *
+****************************************************************************
+
+ -  Changed behavior of shift handler to only activate
+   caps lock if the shift key is double-clicked.
+ -  Added support for selection handles for the dedicated VKB.
+ - [QTBUG-54254]  Add support for external keyboard layouts, which allows
+   overriding and exclusion of the built-in keyboard layouts
+ -  Add new property InputContext.uppercase, which is set to
+   true when either InputContext.shift or InputContext.capsLock is true
+ -  Added language selection popup for faster selection of
+   input language.
+ -  Automatically hide word candidate list when inactive.
+ -  Added support for automatic selection of the only remaining
+   word in the suggestion list.
+ -  Added full screen input mode for super wide screens.