This is a bugfix release over version 1.7.0. The following changes were made:
Raster performance improvements backported to 1.7.1
Update version on cmakelists and splash to 1.7.1
Move setting projection to after we have features
symbology-ng: sort the category items when classifying them #4206
Fix feature_count consideration in wms feature info
Check topological editing yes/no when opening snapping dialog
Updated required version for bison and cmake
Small efficiency improvement for rendering
make sure gdaltools input vector layers are ogr vectors
Fix #4266 - georeferencer and spatial query crashing on exit
translation update: nl by Richard for 1.7.x branch
translation update: cz by Jan for 1.7.x release
Don't check for plugin errors at startup
Fix QTreeWidget.resizeColumnToContents() issue observed in PyQt4.8.3 @ Debian
translation update: hu update for 1.7.x by Zoltan
german translation update
UPDATE TRANSLATIONS: for new bugfix Release in 1.7.x
Show only provider fields as join target candidates (ticket #4136)
Shortcuts dialog now remembers window state between uses
Center small marker symbols in composer legend
Backport of 6e889aa40e
BUGFIX Backport of #4113 and #2805
[BACKPORT] increase maximum points count in Random Points tool
[BACKPORT] set default contrast enchacement algorithm to NoStretch because this is more appropriate value
[BACKPORT]fix RandomPoints crash when there are NULL values in
Patch from Michal Klatecki - see ticket #3325
Fix #3866 for measure angle tool
Backported ui fix for wms select
Better block for signals when creating composer legend widget
Fix for considering layer title length in composer legend
apply #3793: libfcgi cannot change mapserv's environment variables on windows
german translation update
fix 55a1778 with patched qt on osgeo4w
add support for mixed case geometry types of PostGIS 2.0
Reduce top and side margins for attribute table dialog
Remove the (hopefully) last SVN reference
More svn version removal
Added missing colour accessor/mutator/member from composerlegenditem header
Get rid of svn version stuff from release branch.
Other workaround for Qt#5114 (fixes #3250, #3028, #2598)
Try to make the histogram smoother
More legend cleanup
Better layout for composer legend
Better consideration of large point symbols in composer legend
Fix for composer legend issues, e.g. ticket #3346
Merge branch 'release-1_7_0' of github.com:qgis/Quantum-GIS into release-1_7_0
Fix labeling-ng with utf-8 layers (ticket #3854)
Tweak for layer cache
[backport] Fix bug where histogram can be assigned negative frequency for a pixel range. Also fix potential memory leak as new histogram vector was assigned to band stats without clearing the old.
Added section on using QtCreator
Fix bugs causing a crash when histogram is gathered due to uninitilised histogram vector
Added missing QUrl include
A neater fix for missing map parameter as suggested by Juergen
Fixed a bug where map= was not being published in onlineresource url when project files are not in the same dir as cgi
