[accerciser] Prepare for 3.40.0 release

[Samuel Thibault <sthibaul src gnome org>]

commit 3c7c127830cd8dc0bc69a8f88448d25674df1d80
Author: Samuel Thibault <samuel thibault ens-lyon org>
Date:   Fri Jul 29 00:30:27 2022 +0200

    Prepare for 3.40.0 release

 NEWS                      | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md                 |  2 +-
 accerciser.appdata.xml.in |  1 +
 configure.ac              |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e49cee..f94049d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+==============
+version 3.40.0
+==============
+
+What's New
+==========
+- ipython_view: Clear output on Ctrl+L
+- Fix navigating to a bookmark when "View" -> "Show applications without
+children" is disabled (the default)
+- Make expanding and selecting the corresponding item in the treeview work when
+clicking on a bookmark for the first time
+- Fix support for IPython 8
+
+New And Updated Translations
+============================
+- Catalan
+- Danish
+- Basque
+- Swedish
+- Indonesian
+- Occitan
+- Spanish
+- Hebrew
+
+
 ==============
 version 3.39.1
 ==============
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16582d1..09d5b35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Accerciser 
 
-3.39.1
+3.40.0
 Just 15 minutes a day for better accessibility!
 
 ## Description
diff --git a/accerciser.appdata.xml.in b/accerciser.appdata.xml.in
index ff7c369..52eb984 100644
--- a/accerciser.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/accerciser.appdata.xml.in
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   <translation type="gettext">accerciser</translation>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
   <releases>
+    <release version="3.40.0" date="2022-07-29"/>
     <release version="3.39.1" date="2021-01-11"/>
     <release version="3.38.0" date="2020-09-10"/>
     <release version="3.36.3" date="2020-08-06"/>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 862e37d..3122ab4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT([Accerciser],
-        [3.39.1],
+        [3.40.0],
         [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/accerciser/issues],
         [accerciser])