[gnome-settings-daemon] Release 40.rc

[Carlos Garnacho <carlosg src gnome org>]

commit 7d548994fe8679a499e6c49bf2369a194042d467
Author: Carlos Garnacho <carlosg gnome org>
Date:   Sun Mar 14 23:36:10 2021 +0100

    Release 40.rc

 NEWS        | 9 +++++++++
 meson.build | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a79ae65e..40c8629b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+=============
+Version 40.rc
+=============
+- Translation updates
+- Test framework improvements
+
+Xsettings:
+- Go back to loading gtk modules from lib/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0
+
 ===============
 Version 40.beta
 ===============
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8cab6f2a..706f2593 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
   'gnome-settings-daemon', 'c',
-  version: '40.beta',
+  version: '40.rc',
   license: [ 'GPL2+', 'LGPLv2+' ],
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0'
 )