[epiphany] Prepare 40.rc

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro src gnome org>]

commit ef9f7c3d7a22bdd040c90129f295d98067c0a21a
Author: Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro gnome org>
Date:   Fri Mar 12 16:38:16 2021 -0600

    Prepare 40.rc

 NEWS                                      | 13 +++++++++++++
 data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in |  1 +
 meson.build                               |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7ed9e36fd..384e694e4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+40.rc - March 12, 2021
+======================
+
+ * Close history when Escape is pressed (#728)
+ * Fix potential loss of session state when web process is unresponsive (#1445)
+ * Icons in page popover have a wrong scale after changing scale factor (#1450)
+ * Crash switching to the second page of keyboard shortcuts (#1452)
+ * Fix language preferences (#1456)
+ * Dismiss search bar when Escape is pressed (#1463)
+ * Fix overaggressive adblocker (#1467)
+ * Avoid adding ephy-pdf: URIs to history (!923)
+ * Fix clicking links beneath floating status bar (!925)
+
 40.beta - February 11, 2021
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in
index de1848cc5..3a17a95d2 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Epiphany.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     <value key="Purism::form_factor">mobile</value>
   </custom>
   <releases>
+    <release date="2021-03-12" version="40.rc"/>
     <release date="2021-02-11" version="40.beta"/>
     <release date="2021-01-07" version="40.alpha"/>
     <release date="2020-12-01" version="3.38.2"/>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 42581605f..0a473ed10 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('epiphany', 'c',
   license: 'GPL3+',
-  version: '40.beta',
+  version: '40.rc',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
   default_options: ['c_std=gnu11',
                     'warning_level=2']
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('G_LOG_DOMAIN', 'epiphany')
 
 version_array = meson.project_version().split('.')
 conf.set('EPHY_MAJOR_VERSION', version_array[0].to_int())
-if version_array[1] in ['alpha', 'beta']
+if version_array[1] in ['alpha', 'beta', 'rc']
   conf.set('EPHY_MINOR_VERSION', 0)
 else
   conf.set('EPHY_MINOR_VERSION', version_array[1].to_int())