* remove deprecated overloads QgsRasterLayer::lastError() and QgsRasterLayer::lastErrorTitle()

* deprecate QgsRasterLayer::previewAsPixmap() (doesn't work in background threads)
* QImage::fill( QColor ) does not exists prior to Qt 4.8
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayerrenderer.h b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayerrenderer.h
index 6ab4a49..40a27a2 100644
--- a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayerrenderer.h
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayerrenderer.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class QPainter;
 class QgsMapToPixel;
 class QgsRasterLayer;
 class QgsRasterPipe;
-class QgsRasterViewPort;
+struct QgsRasterViewPort;
 class QgsRenderContext;

 class QgsRasterLayerRenderer : public QgsMapLayerRenderer

Author: jef-n

python/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.sip

@@ -137,12 +137,6 @@ class QgsRasterLayer : QgsMapLayer
                QgsRasterViewPort * myRasterViewPort,
                const QgsMapToPixel* theQgsMapToPixel = 0 );
 
-    //! @deprecated since 2.4 - returns empty string
-    QString lastError() /Deprecated/;
-
-    //! @deprecated since 2.4 - returns empty string
-    QString lastErrorTitle() /Deprecated/;
-
     /**Returns a list with classification items (Text and color)
       @note this method was added in version 1.8*/
     QList< QPair< QString, QColor > > legendSymbologyItems() const;
@@ -190,7 +184,7 @@ class QgsRasterLayer : QgsMapLayer
 
     /** \brief Draws a preview of the rasterlayer into a pixmap
     @note - use previewAsImage() for rendering with QGIS>=2.4 */
-    QPixmap previewAsPixmap( QSize size, QColor bgColor = QColor( 255, 255, 255 ) );
+    QPixmap previewAsPixmap( QSize size, QColor bgColor = QColor( 255, 255, 255 ) ) /Deprecated/;
 
     /** \brief Draws a preview of the rasterlayer into a QImage
      @note added in 2.4 */

src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp

@@ -304,16 +304,6 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::draw( QPainter * theQPainter,
   QgsDebugMsg( QString( "total raster draw time (ms):     %1" ).arg( time.elapsed(), 5 ) );
 } //end of draw method
 
-QString QgsRasterLayer::lastError()
-{
-  return QString();
-}
-
-QString QgsRasterLayer::lastErrorTitle()
-{
-  return QString();
-}
-
 QList< QPair< QString, QColor > > QgsRasterLayer::legendSymbologyItems() const
 {
   QList< QPair< QString, QColor > > symbolList;
@@ -1150,7 +1140,8 @@ QImage QgsRasterLayer::previewAsImage( QSize size, QColor bgColor, QImage::Forma
 {
   QImage myQImage( size, format );
 
-  myQImage.fill( bgColor );  //defaults to white, set to transparent for rendering on a map
+  myQImage.setColor( 0, bgColor.rgba() );
+  myQImage.fill( 0 );  //defaults to white, set to transparent for rendering on a map
 
   QgsRasterViewPort *myRasterViewPort = new QgsRasterViewPort();
 

src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.h

@@ -295,12 +295,6 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRasterLayer : public QgsMapLayer
                QgsRasterViewPort * myRasterViewPort,
                const QgsMapToPixel* theQgsMapToPixel = 0 );
 
-    //! @deprecated since 2.4 - returns empty string
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QString lastError();
-
-    //! @deprecated since 2.4 - returns empty string
-    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QString lastErrorTitle();
-
     /**Returns a list with classification items (Text and color)
       @note this method was added in version 1.8*/
     QList< QPair< QString, QColor > > legendSymbologyItems() const;
@@ -348,7 +342,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRasterLayer : public QgsMapLayer
 
     /** \brief Draws a preview of the rasterlayer into a pixmap
     @note - use previewAsImage() for rendering with QGIS>=2.4 */
-    QPixmap previewAsPixmap( QSize size, QColor bgColor = Qt::white );
+    Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QPixmap previewAsPixmap( QSize size, QColor bgColor = Qt::white );
 
     /** \brief Draws a preview of the rasterlayer into a QImage
      @note added in 2.4 */

src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayerrenderer.h

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class QPainter;
 class QgsMapToPixel;
 class QgsRasterLayer;
 class QgsRasterPipe;
-class QgsRasterViewPort;
+struct QgsRasterViewPort;
 class QgsRenderContext;
 
 class QgsRasterLayerRenderer : public QgsMapLayerRenderer