[gnome-characters] Release 43.alpha

[Christopher Davis <christopherdavis src gnome org>]

commit 151a70702e7ed7799602e5db3cc618efa9a024ec
Author: Christopher Davis <christopherdavis gnome org>
Date:   Wed Jul 13 20:18:13 2022 -0400

    Release 43.alpha

 NEWS                                     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 meson.build                              |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3615021..298487b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+43.alpha
+===========
+* Add support for composite emoji (Alexander Mikhaylenko)
+* Use AdwAboutWindow for an adaptive about window (Christopher Davis)
+* Translation updates:
+ - Dutch
+ - English (United Kingdom)
+ - Georgian
+ - Icelandic
+ - Indonesian
+ - Persian
+ - Portuguese
+ - Russian
+ - Swedish
+ - Ukrainian
+
 42.0
 ===========
 * Port to GTK4 / libadwaita
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in
index 2a7a69f..95a7cd7 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in
@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@
   <translation type="gettext">org.gnome.Characters</translation>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
   <releases>
+    <release version="43.alpha" date="2022-07-13">
+      <ul>
+        <p>Characters 43.alpha comes with composite emoji support and a new adaptive aboud window.</p>
+        <p>It also comes with updated translations for the following locales:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Dutch</li>
+          <li>English (United Kingdom)</li>
+          <li>Georgian</li>
+          <li>Icelandic</li>
+          <li>Indonesian</li>
+          <li>Persian</li>
+          <li>Portuguese</li>
+          <li>Russian</li>
+          <li>Swedish</li>
+          <li>Ukrainian</li>
+        </ul>
+      </ul>
+    </release>
     <release version="42.0" date="2022-03-19">
       <p>Characters 42.0 comes plenty of changes</p>
       <ul>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 02fc3bd..730e211 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
   'gnome-characters', 'c',
-  version: '42.0',
+  version: '43.alpha',
   license: ['BSD-3-Clause', 'GPL-2.0-or-later'],
   default_options: 'buildtype=debugoptimized',
   meson_version: '>= 0.59.0'