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[gnome-software] Release version 40.alpha

commit 5f325c252349d146b05cdc382d7413f0a197cb90
Author: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>
Date:   Wed Jan 27 23:45:42 2021 +0000

    Release version 40.alpha
    
    Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall endlessos org>

 NEWS                                           | 160 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in |  61 +++++++++-
 meson.build                                    |   2 +-
 3 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index df4a0c3cb..b767f3dac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,163 @@
+Version 40.alpha
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2021-01-27
+
+This is the first unstable release for GNOME 40.
+ * Drop libgnome-desktop-3 dependency in favour of gsettings-desktop-schemas
+ * Small updates to how app descriptions and addons are presented on the details
+   page
+ * Fix handling of pending app installations when going online
+ * Better support for dark themes (particularly Adwaita-Dark)
+ * Improvements to how app screenshots are loaded and presented
+ * Hide ‘Launch’ button if an application (for example, Wine) cannot be
+   launched
+ * Make the UI clearer when loading information from flatpakref files
+ * Don’t update app metadata on start when download-updates is disabled
+ * Fix opening the updates list when clicking on an updates notification
+ * Fix state updates when installing flatpak apps or repos which are already
+   installed
+ * Add Ctrl+Q as a keyboard shortcut for closing the window
+ * Rework timing and content of software update notifications
+ * Prevent uninstalled local apps from appearing in the installed apps list
+ * Support installation/uninstallation of addons for flatpak apps
+ * Improve presentation of age ratings for apps
+ * Fix a crash in the updates page
+ * Fix presentation of app permissions for fully sandboxed flatpak apps
+ * Fix deadlock on rpm-ostree systems
+ * Fix presentation of version number changes in right-to-left locales
+ * Error handling improvements for fwupd
+ * Performance improvements for ODRS on startup
+ * Improve presentation of firmware warning messages
+ * XML parsing performance improvements
+ * Automatically remove end-of-life flatpak runtimes
+ * Support updating flatpaks to their new name when they are renamed
+ * Update the GNOME Software icon
+ * Support more search results in the snap store
+
+This release also updates translations:
+ * Basque
+ * Bokmål, Norwegian
+ * Catalan
+ * Chinese (Taiwan)
+ * Czech
+ * Friulian
+ * Galician
+ * German
+ * Greek, Modern (1453-)
+ * Hebrew
+ * Indonesian
+ * Italian
+ * Kabyle
+ * Kazakh
+ * Latvian
+ * Lithuanian
+ * Persian
+ * Portuguese
+ * Portuguese (Brazil)
+ * Romanian
+ * Slovak
+ * Spanish
+ * Turkish
+ * Ukrainian
+ * Vietnamese
+
+Version 3.37.92
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2020-09-01
+
+This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
+ * Add sysprof support for profiling jobs
+ * Add webflow and basic auth support to flatpak plugin
+ * Coalesce refresh operations where possible
+ * Correctly mark layered rpm-ostree local packages as removable
+ * Fix flatpak bundle installation
+ * Handle invalid snap auth data
+ * Improve flatpak progress reporting for transactions
+ * Improve the heuristic for detecting old-style AppStream override files
+ * Many performance improvements in many areas of the code
+ * Only delete the firmware archive if we downloaded it to the cache
+ * Show a pulsing progress bar if progress is unknown
+ * Support loading appstream files from custom install prefix
+ * Use the runtime fwupd version for the user agent
+
+This release also updates existing translations.
+
+Version 3.36.0
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2020-03-11
+
+This is the first stable release for GNOME 3.36.
+
+Version 3.35.92
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2020-03-04
+
+This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
+ * Fix crash when viewing application details
+ * Fix “thrice daily” check running every 3 days
+ * Improve the appearance of the front page banners
+ * Show the correct upgrade banner contents when a reboot is requried
+
+This release also updates existing translations.
+
+Version 3.35.91
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2020-02-19
+
+This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
+ * Add an info bar about automatic updates
+ * Avoid rpm-ostree downgrade error when doing distro upgrade
+ * Click on stars to open review dialog in the details view
+ * Fix loading of icons from AppStream YAML
+ * Fix weird font sizes in the batter
+ * Hide any in-app notifications when closing the main window
+ * Integrate better with snapd
+ * Only ignore flatpak estimated progress if >10%
+ * Remove color stripes on categories in the Explore page
+ * Remove support for Shell extensions
+ * Remove webapp support
+ * Reset star rating when loading an unrated app
+ * Sort applications using locale based algorithms
+ * Stop snaps from being automatically updated
+
+This release also adds and updates existing translations.
+
+Version 3.35.2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Released: 2019-11-25
+
+This is an unstable stable release with the following changes:
+ * Add missing OARS content rating descriptions
+ * Add new plugin for restricting access to apps
+ * Avoid a UI crash when switching modes
+ * Build libmalcontent dependency on Fedora CI
+ * Correctly distinguish empty content ratings from missing ones
+ * Correctly set the application state if autoupdate is in progress
+ * Do not show a crazy error when installing packages
+ * Do not show non-applications in the installed panel
+ * Download Flatpak updates in the correct installation
+ * Expose snap channels as app alternates
+ * Fix a crash on 32-bit systems
+ * Fix langpacks autoinstall on Fedora SilverBlue
+ * Fix manual detach when updating removable device firmware
+ * Fix third party repo enabling not working
+ * Hide add/remove shortcut buttons for parentally filtered apps
+ * Improve some front page banners
+ * Invalidate caches when adding or removing remotes
+ * Make flatpak more thread-safe to fix some crashes
+ * Match the exact ID when refining a wildcard
+ * Only set the app row's buttons as destructive when they remove an app
+ * Remove hardcoded-featured plugin
+ * Remove the app folder functionality as this is now built-in to the shell
+ * Remove the banner editor as this is now an app on it's own
+ * Rework age ratings handling to avoid hard-coded list
+ * Set the shell extension origin correctly in all cases
+ * Show the channel for snaps
+ * Speed up the flatpak plugin in some situations
+ * Use plugin API to launch apps from install notification.
+
+This release also adds and updates existing translations.
+
 Version 3.34.0
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Released: 2019-09-09
diff --git a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
index 4cbd9ca18..849301be6 100644
--- a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
@@ -46,17 +46,70 @@
    Validate with `appstream-util validate *.appdata.xml`
   -->
   <releases>
-    <!--<release date="TBC" version="40">
+    <release date="2021-01-27" version="40.alpha">
       <description>
         <p>
-          This is the first stable release for GNOME 40.
+          This is the first unstable release for GNOME 40.
         </p>
         <ul>
+          <li>Small updates to how app descriptions and addons are presented on the details page</li>
+          <li>Fix handling of pending app installations when going online</li>
+          <li>Better support for dark themes (particularly Adwaita-Dark)</li>
+          <li>Improvements to how app screenshots are loaded and presented</li>
+          <li>Hide ‘Launch’ button if an application (for example, Wine) cannot be launched</li>
+          <li>Make the UI clearer when loading information from flatpakref files</li>
+          <li>Don’t update app metadata on start when download-updates is disabled</li>
+          <li>Fix opening the updates list when clicking on an updates notification</li>
+          <li>Fix state updates when installing flatpak apps or repos which are already installed</li>
+          <li>Add Ctrl+Q as a keyboard shortcut for closing the window</li>
+          <li>Rework timing and content of software update notifications</li>
+          <li>Prevent uninstalled local apps from appearing in the installed apps list</li>
+          <li>Support installation/uninstallation of addons for flatpak apps</li>
+          <li>Improve presentation of age ratings for apps</li>
+          <li>Fix a crash in the updates page</li>
+          <li>Fix presentation of app permissions for fully sandboxed flatpak apps</li>
+          <li>Fix deadlock on rpm-ostree systems</li>
+          <li>Fix presentation of version number changes in right-to-left locales</li>
+          <li>Error handling improvements for fwupd</li>
+          <li>Performance improvements for ODRS on startup</li>
+          <li>Improve presentation of firmware warning messages</li>
+          <li>XML parsing performance improvements</li>
+          <li>Automatically remove end-of-life flatpak runtimes</li>
+          <li>Support updating flatpaks to their new name when they are renamed</li>
+          <li>Update the GNOME Software icon</li>
+          <li>Support more search results in the snap store</li>
           <li>Drop libgnome-desktop-3 dependency in favour of gsettings-desktop-schemas</li>
         </ul>
-        <p>This release also updates existing translations.</p>
+        <p>This release also updates translations:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Basque</li>
+          <li>Bokmål, Norwegian</li>
+          <li>Catalan</li>
+          <li>Chinese (Taiwan)</li>
+          <li>Czech</li>
+          <li>Friulian</li>
+          <li>Galician</li>
+          <li>German</li>
+          <li>Greek, Modern (1453-)</li>
+          <li>Hebrew</li>
+          <li>Indonesian</li>
+          <li>Italian</li>
+          <li>Kabyle</li>
+          <li>Kazakh</li>
+          <li>Latvian</li>
+          <li>Lithuanian</li>
+          <li>Persian</li>
+          <li>Portuguese</li>
+          <li>Portuguese (Brazil)</li>
+          <li>Romanian</li>
+          <li>Slovak</li>
+          <li>Spanish</li>
+          <li>Turkish</li>
+          <li>Ukrainian</li>
+          <li>Vietnamese</li>
+        </ul>
       </description>
-    </release>-->
+    </release>
     <release date="2020-09-01" version="3.37.92">
       <description>
         <p>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 10e4923f3..d28a6dda0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-software', 'c',
-  version : '3.38.1',
+  version : '40.alpha',
   license : 'GPL-2.0+',
   default_options : ['warning_level=1', 'c_std=c99'],
   meson_version : '>=0.47.0'
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