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  2. QTBUG-16358

Update QThread's documentation so it doen't explicitly recommend to subclass QThread.

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      In the wave of this blog post:
      http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2010/06/17/youre-doing-it-wrong/

      It would be nice if Brad's good words could be reflected in the documentation, since most users and customers need to be able to trust it, and not necessarily follow Qt Labs Blogs.

      Places where subclassing QThread is explicitly recommended:

      http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/threads-starting.html
      http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/qthread.html#details

        1.
        		 Update QThread overview doc: "Threading Basics" Sub-task Open Thiago Macieira
        2.
        		 Update QThread overview doc: "Threads and QObjects" Sub-task Closed Thiago Macieira
        3.
        		 Update QThread overview doc: "Starting Threads with QThread" Sub-task Closed Thiago Macieira
        4.
        		 Update QThread example: Mandelbrot Sub-task Open Sze Howe Koh
        5.
        		 Update QThread example: Queued Custom Type Sub-task Open Sze Howe Koh
        6.
        		 Update QThread example: Semaphores Sub-task Open Thiago Macieira
        7.
        		 Update QThread example: Wait Conditions Sub-task Closed Thiago Macieira
        8.
        		 Threaded server example subclasses QThread rather than the recommended approach Technical task Closed Giuseppe D'Angelo
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        # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
        36301,3 Doc: Update QThread class ref to reflect changes since Qt 4.4 master qt/qtbase Status: MERGED +2 0
        36566,2 Doc: Update QThread class ref to reflect changes since Qt 4.4 4.8 qt/qt Status: MERGED +2 0
        41299,3 Port threaded fortune example to the new way of using QThread master qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED -1 0
        42003,7 Doc: Polish threading overview stable qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED -1 0
        42003,7 Doc: Polish threading overview stable qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED -1 0
        42003,7 Doc: Polish threading overview stable qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED -1 0
        42004,7 Doc: Clean up leftover bits of the threading overview stable qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED +2 0
        42004,7 Doc: Clean up leftover bits of the threading overview stable qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED +2 0

            docteam Qt Documentation Team
            ntg Pierre Rossi
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