Add changes file for 5.9.0

Change-Id: I9e1105fd652b6ffcbf1925cef278ce3a56cb9011
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>

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+Qt 5.9 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
+over the 5.8.x series. 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 5.9 series is binary compatible with the 5.8.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.8 will continue to run with 5.9.
+
+Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
+corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
+
+https://bugreports.qt.io/
+
+Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
+information about a particular change.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                           General                                        *
+****************************************************************************
+
+  - Updated information on supported platforms.
+  - Updated Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) documentation.
+  - Updated Qt for embedded Linux documentation.
+  - Updated Windows deployment tool (windeployqt) documentation.
+  - Fixed the information on ANGLE libraries in 'Qt for Windows
+    Requirements'.
+  - Updated the example code for connecting overloaded signals/slots.
+  - Raised the recommended version of CMake to use with Qt to 3.1.0.
+  - Fixed several instances of missing, incorrect, or obsolete information.