[connections] Release 40.rc

[Felipe Borges <felipeborges src gnome org>]

commit 49b6313eabcdbecf9fd95860c0c55f5e50c2167e
Author: Felipe Borges <felipeborges gnome org>
Date:   Fri Mar 12 17:10:56 2021 +0100

    Release 40.rc

 NEWS        | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 meson.build |   2 +-
 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1e8e1ce..3e5d3cd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,108 @@
+40.rc - Mar 12, 2021
+====================
+
+Changes since 3.37.90
+
+  - Validate connection port range
+  - Add "Devel" build profile
+  - Produce a nightly build
+  - Add initial documentation files
+  - Sync connection configurations with database
+  - Add a badwidth/quality property for VNC connections
+  - Reinstate the GNOME brand
+  - Rename executable to "gnome-connections"
+  - Make connection address label selectable
+  - Dismiss notifications when closing the app
+  - Revamp the connection properties dialog
+  - Mark GtkChild object references as unowned
+  - Update screenshot to dark variant theme
+  - Added/updated/fixed translations:
+    - Ukrainian
+    - Brazilian Portuguese
+    - Persian
+    - Chinese (China)
+    - Indonesian
+    - Finnish
+    - Czech
+    - Catalan
+    - Friulian
+    - Spanish
+    - Basque
+    - Galician
+    - British English
+    - Croatian
+    - Slovak
+    - Turkish
+    - Slovenian
+    - Swedish
+    - Japanese
+    - Polish
+    - German
+    - Danish
+    - Korean
+    - Hungarian
+    - French
+    - Greek
+    - Italian
+    - Hebrew
+    - Chinese (Taiwan)
+    - Esperanto
+    - Romanian
+    - Lithuanian
+    - Portuguese
+    - Punjabi
+    - Kazakh
+
+All contributors to this release:
+
+A S Alam <amanpreet alam gmail com>
+Aliya Rahmani <aliyarahmani786 gmail com>
+Anders Jonsson <anders jonsson norsjovallen se>
+Andika Triwidada <atriwidada gnome org>
+Asier Sarasua Garmendia <asiersarasua ni eus>
+Ask Hjorth Larsen <asklarsen gmail com>
+Aurimas Černius <aurisc4 gmail com>
+Balázs Meskó <meskobalazs mailbox org>
+Balázs Úr <balazs urbalazs hu>
+Baurzhan Muftakhidinov <baurthefirst gmail com>
+Boyuan Yang <073plan gmail com>
+Bruce Cowan <bruce bcowan me uk>
+Charles Monzat <charles monzat free fr>
+Cheng-Chia Tseng <pswo10680 gmail com>
+Chris Heywood <15127-creywood users noreply gitlab gnome org>
+Christian Kirbach <Christian Kirbach gmail com>
+DaeHyun Sung <sungdh86 gmail com>
+Danial Behzadi <dani behzi ubuntu com>
+Daniel Mustieles <daniel mustieles gmail com>
+Dušan Kazik <prescott66 gmail com>
+Efstathios Iosifidis <eiosifidis gnome org>
+Emin Tufan Çetin <etcetin gmail com>
+Fabio Tomat <f t public gmail com>
+Felipe Borges <felipeborges gnome org>
+Florentina Mușat <florentina musat 28 gmail com>
+Fran Dieguez <frandieguez gnome org>
+Goran Vidović <trebelnik2 gmail com>
+Guillaume Bernard <associations guillaume-bernard fr>
+Hugo Carvalho <hugokarvalho hotmail com>
+Jiri Grönroos <jiri gronroos iki fi>
+Jordi Mas <jmas softcatala org>
+Kukuh Syafaat <kukuhsyafaat gnome org>
+Марко Костић <marko m kostic gmail com>
+Marek Černocký <marek manet cz>
+Mario Blättermann <mario blaettermann gmail com>
+Matej Urbančič <mateju svn gnome org>
+Mike L <cl jeremy qq com>
+Milo Casagrande <milo milo name>
+Philipp Kiemle <philipp kiemle gmail com>
+Piotr Drąg <piotrdrag gmail com>
+Rafael Fontenelle <rffontenelle gmail com>
+Rohan M <rohan crazydeveloper fail>
+Ryuta Fujii <translation sicklylife jp>
+Sabri Ünal <libreajans gmail com>
+Yosef Or Boczko <yoseforb gnome org>
+Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor ukr net>
+Zander Brown <zbrown gnome org>
+
 3.37.90 - Aug 10, 2020
 ======================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cabd02a..77dd15d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-connections', ['c', 'vala'],
-          version: '40.alpha',
+          version: '40.rc',
     meson_version: '>= 0.50.0',
   default_options: [ 'warning_level=2',
                    ],