[epiphany] Prepare 42.beta

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro src gnome org>]

commit 3da6b47beacd0db46e1864d64fbc0fe1a5e59469
Author: Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro redhat com>
Date:   Thu Aug 12 14:05:34 2021 -0500

    Prepare 42.beta

 NEWS                                      | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in |  1 +
 meson.build                               |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a271da915..b5b52443b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+41.beta - August 12, 2021
+=========================
+
+Change of plans regarding libsoup-3.0 and webkit2gtk-4.1! We will enable these
+by default in Epiphany 42 instead. Until then, back to libsoup-2.4 and
+webkit2gtk-4.0 for now (!992).
+
+ * Fix inconsistent capitalization in preferences (#1054)
+ * Use PDF.js only for GET requests (#1505)
+ * Always save pinned tabs in session (#1508)
+ * Use AdGuard script to block YouTube ads (#1534)
+ * Manually check adblock filter content type (#1543)
+ * Fix UI process CPU usage issue (#1560)
+ * Update to PDF.js 2.10.377 (!975)
+ * Use real buttons in address bar (!977, Vanadiae)
+ * Move bookmark button to bottom bar in narrow mode (!979)
+ * Update to highlight.js 11.1.0 (!986)
+ * Don't improperly lowercase bang searches (!988, Vanadiae)
+ * Support Epiphany Canary builds (!989, Philippe Normand)
+ * Don't open empty bookmarks or downloads popover (!990, Vanadiae)
+ * Adjust unresponsive process killer to be less aggressive (!994)
+ * Various code cleanups (!973, !987, !995)
+
 41.alpha - July 2, 2021
 =======================
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in
index 376ab0e5c..7e5eca4fc 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     <value key="Purism::form_factor">mobile</value>
   </custom>
   <releases>
+    <release date="2021-08-12" version="41~beta"/>
     <release date="2021-07-02" version="41~alpha"/>
     <release date="2021-06-04" version="40.2"/>
     <release date="2021-04-29" version="40.1"/>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 08789d894..fd723eaa0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('epiphany', 'c',
   license: 'GPL3+',
-  version: '41.alpha',
+  version: '41.beta',
   meson_version: '>= 0.51.0',
   default_options: ['c_std=gnu11',
                     'warning_level=2']