[epiphany] Prepare 40.beta

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro src gnome org>]

commit 8f833666c384a9c9f5d376ff15595e8bbece90a3
Author: Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro gnome org>
Date:   Thu Feb 11 13:32:08 2021 -0600

    Prepare 40.beta

 NEWS                                      | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in |  1 +
 meson.build                               |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fb585343e..7ed9e36fd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+40.beta - February 11, 2021
+===========================
+
+ * Remember previous settings in Clear Personal Data dialog (#328)
+ * Allow exporting bookmarks as HTML (#483)
+ * Remove smooth scrolling preference. Smooth scrolling is now always enabled (#802)
+ * Update user help for new preferences dialog navigation (#1263, Federico Bruni)
+ * Rename mobile-capable setting to show-navigation-buttons (#1300)
+ * Update gvdb (#1038)
+ * Fix crash when Firefox Sync token is invalid (#1342)
+ * Fix floating bar blocking links on bottom of page (#1368)
+ * Disable application manager in app mode (#1405)
+ * Fix certain searches being converted into invalid addresses (#1418)
+ * Add experimental support for a few WebExtensions APIs (!866, !898, !899, !901, !904, !910, #1436, #1437)
+ * Several improvements to search engine configuration (!872, #1430, Vanadiae)
+ * Fix state issues with the back/forward buttons (!873, Elias Projahn)
+ * Add preference to enable Google search suggestions (!883)
+ * Select pre-filled search text in search entry (!887, Benjamin Berg)
+ * Improve construction of web app titles (!888, Sonny Piers)
+ * Use eslint and run it on CI (!890, Sonny Piers)
+ * Fancy new tabs bar! (!814, !892, #1444)
+ * Several UI improvements for the tabs list popover (!893, !895)
+ * Remove preference to adjust position of tabs bar (!894)
+ * Stop spinners when not visible (!905)
+ * Update to highlights.js 10.6.0 (!906)
+ * Improve empty states of various widgets (!909, Christopher Davis)
+
 40.alpha - January 7, 2021
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in
index d16de033d..de1848cc5 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="2021-02-11" version="40.beta"/>
     <release date="2021-01-07" version="40.alpha"/>
     <release date="2020-12-01" version="3.38.2"/>
     <release date="2020-10-06" version="3.38.1"/>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0cb1259e2..42581605f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('epiphany', 'c',
   license: 'GPL3+',
-  version: '40.alpha',
+  version: '40.beta',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
   default_options: ['c_std=gnu11',
                     'warning_level=2']