[libmediaart] Release 1.9.6

[Carlos Garnacho <carlosg src gnome org>]

commit 69b4176bccb8032180fd8d48bb8b035c60acd203
Author: Carlos Garnacho <carlosg gnome org>
Date:   Wed Jun 1 04:03:20 2022 +0200

    Release 1.9.6

 NEWS        | 5 +++++
 meson.build | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e53ddbd..4bf0845 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+NEW in 1.9.6 - 2022-06-01
+=========================
+  * build: Add introspection/vapi/tests options
+  * build: Use library() to optionally build a static library
+
 NEW in 1.9.5 - 2021-05-22
 =========================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e18b72b..8d58a52 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('libmediaart', 'c',
-        version: '1.9.5',
+        version: '1.9.6',
         meson_version: '>= 0.56.2',
         default_options: [ 'warning_level=1' ])