[gdk-pixbuf] Release gdk-pixbuf 2.40.0

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>]

commit c01d7ba433d6160767e51d928c81379746667544
Author: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gnome org>
Date:   Tue Oct 8 11:42:41 2019 +0100

    Release gdk-pixbuf 2.40.0

 NEWS        | 6 ++++++
 meson.build | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3c2077abd..8c5c1dde3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2.40.0 (stable)
+===
+
+ - Allow creating a GdkPixbuf instance without any property [Federico Mena
+   Quintero, #91]
+
 2.39.2 (development)
 ===
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9f60e9eab..e190e93e6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gdk-pixbuf', 'c',
-        version: '2.39.3',
+        version: '2.40.0',
         license: 'LGPLv2.1+',
         default_options: [
           'buildtype=debugoptimized',