[Releasing] Release blocker for 5.8.0

[Adam Majer]

On 02/01/17 09:32 PM, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> Hi
> 
> It has just come to my attention that 5.8.0 has been made unpackageble
> by linux distributions. I do think this makes 5.8.0 still unfit for
> release.

> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-57803

Yes, this needs to be fixed. The change is "lazy" and just throws current functionality away. Now it
has to be patched so qt.conf can be shipped in some shared directory instead. :/

Not sure this belongs on this ML though.

- Adam