QTCREATORBUG-1661

(cherry picked from commit b87f3fbc)

 * Should work better with errors that can happen during deployment
(cherry picked from commit 3d2e5667)

Should have been part of 5b47f47d

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1649
Reviewed-by: ck

The remote terminal likes to insert backspaces just for fun.

Note to the merge person: This commit might trigger a merge conflict.
In that case, just use the code from the master branch.

Disable the spinboxes once we disable packaging.

Reviewed-by: ck

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1631

Reviewed-by: ck

Reviewed-by: kh1

Move open project dialog handling into ProjectExplorer and make it
use its list of project file patterns. Same in Checkout wizards.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1759
Reviewed-by: dt

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1670
Reviewed-by: ck

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1748

I can't fully explain the backtrace, but connecting to
qtVersionsChanged() in ::init() and not the ctor is the correct thing to
do.

Task-Nr: QTCREATORBUG-1653
Reviewed-By: hunger

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1636
Reviewed-by: kh1

 * Update the Qt version combobox whenever the buildconfig signals
   that its Qt version changed.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1692
Reviewed-by: dt

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1686
Reviewed-by: ck

Reviewed-by: kh1

the message manager is not thread-safe, so don't use it outside the main
thread.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1673

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1656

Reviewed-by: kh1

 - lessens open file handles
 - improves help plugin startup further

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-337
Reviewed-by: ck

Reviewed-by: kh1

Task-Nr: QTCREATORBUG-1593

 * Fix displayed shadow build location
 * Fix shadow build location used by newly set up shadow builds

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1599
Reviewed-by: dt
(cherry picked from commit 1d8e1760)

every path should be separator-fixed

Reviewed-by: dt

Is more then twice as fast

this fixes the recent appearance of qt_webkit_version.pri in all qt 4.7
based projects.

in fact, the patch does somewhat more: it makes the evaluator provide
the information to the higher layers which is necessary for a truly
hierarchical display of includes. TBD later.

Reviewed-by: dt
Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-1590

This reverts commit 5234c775 and 21065291.