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+Qt 5.12.1 is a bug-fix release. It maintains both forward and backward
+compatibility (source and binary) with Qt 5.12.0.
+
+For more details, refer to the documentation included in this
+distribution. The documentation is also available online:
+
+https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/
+
+The Qt version 5.12 series is binary compatible with the 5.11.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.11 will continue to run with 5.12.
+
+ - This release contains only minor code improvements.