[devhelp] Release 40.alpha

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet src gnome org>]

commit 834b1b312feca2f7274f2d52dce4ce8ac8cc04e5
Author: Sébastien Wilmet <sw swilmet be>
Date:   Mon Jan 11 12:23:30 2021 +0100

    Release 40.alpha

 NEWS                                  | 7 +++++++
 data/org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml.in | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ce0b7c4f..00729e6c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+News in 40.alpha, 2021-01-11
+----------------------------
+* New GNOME versioning scheme.
+* Build: add plugin_emacs, plugin_gedit and plugin_vim options.
+* Improve the Shortcuts window.
+* Translation updates.
+
 News in 3.38.1, 2020-11-20
 --------------------------
 * Translation updates.
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml.in
index 003ea08a..c3388bc9 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Devhelp.appdata.xml.in
@@ -43,11 +43,8 @@
   <translation type="gettext">devhelp</translation>
   <update_contact>swilmet gnome org</update_contact>
   <releases>
+    <release version="40.alpha" date="2021-01-11" />
     <release version="3.38.1" date="2020-11-20" />
     <release version="3.38.0" date="2020-09-11" />
-    <release version="3.37.1" date="2020-05-29" />
-    <release version="3.36.2" date="2020-04-25" />
-    <release version="3.36.1" date="2020-03-26" />
-    <release version="3.36.0" date="2020-03-05" />
   </releases>
 </component>