[vala/0.40] Release 0.40.5

[Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz src gnome org>]

commit 7fc2a7fbfc7bdde9d89499c7a9a78c2edea2e77e
Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz ubuntu com>
Date:   Mon May 21 17:40:11 2018 +0200

    Release 0.40.5

 NEWS                      |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 |    2 +-
 doc/valac.1               |    2 +-
 doc/valadoc.1             |    2 +-
 doc/vapigen.1             |    2 +-
 5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d0341f7..56277c9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,37 @@
+Vala 0.40.5
+===========
+ * Various improvements and bug fixes:
+  - Warn if --gir is used without --library [#708693]
+  - Report an error if rank attribute is required but was not found [#660991]
+  - scanner: Accept \R and \N escape sequences in regex literals [#749576]
+  - scanner: Accept backreferences \1 through \99 in regex literals [#728574]
+  - codegen:
+    + Avoid critical in get_basic_type_info() when there is no signature
+      [#729517]
+    + Fix serializing multidimensional arrays [#735437]
+    + Guard get_default_ref_sink_function() against null base-class
+    + Respect cname ccode-attribute of lockable fields
+    + Fix casting of length for "ref" array parameters
+  - codewriter: Add 'new' to symbols if needed to match the original source
+    [#614686]
+  - girparser: Deal with missing "name" attribute by falling back on "c:type"
+  - girwriter: Drop errornous indent
+  - girwriter: Properly output variadic methods and use introspectable="0"
+  - genie: Add support for the \v escape character [#664689]
+  - genie: Add support for the \uXXXX escape sequence
+
+ * Bindings:
+  - glib-2.0: Fix IConv.iconv() [#634753]
+  - gobject-2.0: Make constructor of ParamSpecBoxed public
+  - gstreamer: Cherry-pick some fixes from 0.42
+  - gtk+-3.0: Update to 3.22.30+21fddc39
+  - gtk+-4.0: Update to 3.93.0+3a860719
+  - javascriptcoregtk-4.0: buffer of String.get_utf8_cstring() is not "ref"
+    [#788113]
+  - posix: Add missing cname = "int" to Posix.Signal enum
+  - sqlite3: Add additional constants for flags of Database.open_v2() [#795627]
+  - webkit2gtk-4.0: Cherry-pick some fixes from 0.42
+
 Vala 0.40.4
 ===========
  * Various improvements and bug fixes:
diff --git a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1 b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
index bd3a4d5..c6f7e76 100644
--- a/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
+++ b/doc/vala-gen-introspect.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "April 2018" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.4" "User Commands"
+.TH VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT "1" "May 2018" "vala-gen-introspect 0.40.5" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vala-gen-introspect \- generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valac.1 b/doc/valac.1
index 6568fc6..7933abd 100644
--- a/doc/valac.1
+++ b/doc/valac.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH VALAC "1" "April 2018" "valac 0.40.4" "User Commands"
+.TH VALAC "1" "May 2018" "valac 0.40.5" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valac \- compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/valadoc.1 b/doc/valadoc.1
index c73497a..4b59ec2 100644
--- a/doc/valadoc.1
+++ b/doc/valadoc.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH VALADOC "1" "April 2018" "valadoc 0.40.4" "User Commands"
+.TH VALADOC "1" "May 2018" "valadoc 0.40.5" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 valadoc \- Vala Documentation Tool
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/doc/vapigen.1 b/doc/vapigen.1
index 2675c6c..fbaefdf 100644
--- a/doc/vapigen.1
+++ b/doc/vapigen.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH VAPIGEN "1" "April 2018" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.4" "User Commands"
+.TH VAPIGEN "1" "May 2018" "vapigen API Generator 0.40.5" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 vapigen \- generate a Vala API
 .SH SYNOPSIS