[gnome-chess] Prepare 40.alpha

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro src gnome org>]

commit b4998ff97bd64c851a330df94ceee9e045bdeac4
Author: Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro gnome org>
Date:   Thu Jan 7 15:15:17 2021 -0600

    Prepare 40.alpha

 NEWS                                | 8 ++++++++
 data/org.gnome.Chess.appdata.xml.in | 2 ++
 meson.build                         | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 27658ab..56b12dd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
+40.alpha - January 7, 2021
+==========================
+
+- Port to GTK 4.
+- Major refactoring of portions of the UI layer. Split engine code into separate layer.
 - Rework promotion type selector to avoid GTK warnings (#19)
 - Hide timers in untimed games (#39)
 - Custom PGN tags are now prefixed with X-GNOME
 - Promotion type selector now fits screen in narrow mode
 - Use info bar, not header bar subtitle, to display extra status messages
+- Reduce length of Oops! message in header bar on engine error
+- Improve message when game ends in stalemate
+- Move New Game from header bar to primary menu to save space
 - Rename Save to Save As, and display a separate Save action
 
 3.38.1 - December 6, 2020
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Chess.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.Chess.appdata.xml.in
index 30915d6..2abd7ac 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Chess.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Chess.appdata.xml.in
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
     <kudo>UserDocs</kudo>
   </kudos>
   <releases>
+    <release version="40.alpha" date="2021-01-07" />
+    <release version="3.38.1" date="2020-12-06" />
     <release version="3.38.0" date="2020-09-11" />
     <release version="3.37.3" date="2020-07-02" />
     <release version="3.37.2" date="2020-05-28" />
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 02b4baa..5526ddd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-chess', [ 'vala', 'c' ],
-  version: '3.38.0',
+  version: '40.alpha',
   license: 'GPL3+',
   meson_version: '>= 0.50',
 )