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+Qt 5.5.1 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
+compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 5.5.0.
+
+For more details, refer to the online documentation included in this
+distribution. The documentation is also available online:
+
+  http://doc.qt.io/qt-5.5/
+
+The Qt 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.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                        Important Behavior Changes                        *
+****************************************************************************
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                          Future Direction Notice                         *
+****************************************************************************
+
+ - Qt 5.7 will begin requiring certain C++11 features in order to
+   compile. Due to bugs in the Clang compiler that comes with XCode 5.0,
+   that version will not be supported, despite what was noted in the Qt
+   5.5.0 changelog.
+   The minimum compiler versions for Qt 5.7 release will be:
+   * Clang 3.3 (XCode 5.1 contains version 3.4)
+   * GCC 4.7
+   * Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 SP1 (compiler version 14.0) on Linux and OS X
+   * Intel C++ Composer XE 2016 (compiler version 16.0) on Windows
+   * Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 (compiler version 17.0)
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                               Library                                    *
+****************************************************************************
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                      Platform Specific Changes                           *
+****************************************************************************
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                                Tools                                     *
+****************************************************************************