[gnome-shell/gnome-40] Bump version to 40.8

[Marge Bot <marge-bot src gnome org>]

commit 424455a5347947dd306b248b14f9a1b356882de4
Author: Florian Müllner <fmuellner gnome org>
Date:   Sun Jan 9 22:23:59 2022 +0100

    Bump version to 40.8
    
    Update NEWS.
    
    Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2094>

 NEWS                                                   | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 meson.build                                            |  2 +-
 .../data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in |  1 +
 subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build                 |  2 +-
 subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build                |  2 +-
 subprojects/shew/meson.build                           |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a21017e374..3c725aec46 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+40.8
+====
+* Simplify scroll fade shader to work with old hardware [Sebastian; !2072]
+* Improve window tracking [Florian; !2071]
+* Tweak (un)minimize animations [Daniel; !2066]
+* Don't wake up screen in DND mode [kyte; !2051]
+* Fix immediately withdrawn notifications getting stuck [Sebastian; !2079]
+* Honor XDG SingleMainWindow key in .desktop files [Nate; !2084]
+* Fixed crashes [Benjamin, Florian; !2065, !2073]
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian, Sebastian, Robert; !2076, !2087, !2088]
+
+Contributors:
+  Benjamin Berg, Nate Graham, Sebastian Keller, Robert Mader, Florian Müllner,
+  Daniel van Vugt, kyte
+
+Translators:
+  Emin Tufan Çetin [tr], Мирослав Николић [sr], Charles Monzat [fr]
+
 40.7
 ====
 * magnifier: Avoid offscreen rendering if possible [Sebastian; !2026]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f08c13c798..5cfe1e0370 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '40.7',
+  version: '40.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in 
b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
index e3f2b3d687..a8861b31ef 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </description>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="40.8" date="2022-01-09"/>
     <release version="40.7" date="2021-12-11"/>
     <release version="40.6" date="2021-11-04"/>
     <release version="40.5" date="2021-09-21"/>
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
index ef295fb5fb..f5b0062eed 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-app',
-  version: '40.7',
+  version: '40.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
index b6420a3b48..8d08b1e00d 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-tool', 'c',
-  version: '40.7',
+  version: '40.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/shew/meson.build b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
index d39123aa53..d8712d8b0a 100644
--- a/subprojects/shew/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('shew', 'c',
-  version: '40.7',
+  version: '40.8',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
 )