Announce: Qwt 5.1.0

Hi all,

I have released Qwt 5.1.0. 

It is a maintenance release with a couple of incompatible changes and new 
features. Many of the changes are made for the QwtPolar package. See the 
change log below.

Enjoy,
Uwe

Changes
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1) QwtSymbol::copy introduced
   Now it is possible to use derived symbol classes for curves
2) QwtPlotScaleItem introduced
   A new type of plot item for displaying axes on the canvas
3) QwtClipper added
   A collection of clipping algos
4) Using DBL_EPSILON
   This change allows smaller intervals for sliders/dials
5) QwtPanner
   setOrientation() added.
6) QwtPlot
   axisStepSize() added
   clear is virtual now
7) QwtPlotPrintFilter
   PrintCanvasBackground splitted into PrintBackground, PrintFrameWithScales
8) QwtPlotZoomer
   setZoomStack() added
9) Changes for the QwtPolar package
   QwtLegendItemManager introduced
   QwtMagnifier introduced
10)Suffix rules added in qwtconfig.pri for different targets for
   debug/release builds.

Bug Fixes
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1. QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setAbstractScaleDraw
   Reinitialization problem fixed
2. QwtLegendItem
   key event handlers fixed
3. QwtPicker
   solaris-cc compiler problem fixed
4. Inaccurate mapping of scale to widget coordinates fixed
5. QwtPlotCurve::draw
   Updates for Qt 4.3 added
6. QwtPlotLayout
   AlignToCanvas layout calculation fixed
7. QwtPlot::print
   Workaround for a QPen initialization problem,
   when printing to Pdf, added
8. QwtText
   Layout of rich text documents fixed
9. Designer
   Handling of QwtScaleWidget fixed
10. realtime example
   Qt::WA_PaintOutsidePaintEvent added, ScrollZoomer fixed
11. Several others I have forgotten

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