[gnome-settings-daemon] Release 40.alpha

[Carlos Garnacho <carlosg src gnome org>]

commit c1dc46852f35fc033cf2cd84c02ca23035852663
Author: Carlos Garnacho <carlosg gnome org>
Date:   Tue Jan 12 01:16:39 2021 +0100

    Release 40.alpha

 NEWS        | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 meson.build |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 30116117..2b59d1dc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+================
+Version 40.alpha
+================
+- Translation updates
+- CI/test fixes
+
+Housekeeping:
+- Fix crash when atime is not present
+
+Power:
+- Avoid automatic logout in GDM/greeter
+- Do not warn more than once per warning level for devices
+
+USB-protection:
+- Do not warn about ServiceUnknown errors for USBGuard
+
+Datetime:
+- Query GWeather DB on the fly instead of caching
+
+Color:
+- Use the windowing system color transform matrix if available
+- Consider night-light active when disabled until tomorrow
+
+Xsettings:
+- Use font aa/hinting/rgba-order from gsettings-desktop-schemas
+- Use mouse drag-threshold/double-click from gsettings-desktop-schemas
+
 ==============
 Version 3.38.1
 ==============
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bee1ff7e..dffc0167 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
   'gnome-settings-daemon', 'c',
-  version: '3.38.1',
+  version: '40.alpha',
   license: [ 'GPL2+', 'LGPLv2+' ],
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0'
 )