[gnome-applets] bump version to 3.40.0, update NEWS

[Alberts Muktupāvels <muktupavels src gnome org>]

commit 7eb9a52f09ec1ab4772cb056044dfc2f0209daac
Author: Alberts Muktupāvels <alberts muktupavels gmail com>
Date:   Thu Mar 25 16:39:34 2021 +0200

    bump version to 3.40.0, update NEWS

 NEWS         | 8 ++++++++
 configure.ac | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fef72ebe0..b9dcba173 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Version 3.40.0
+==============
+- Port to Tracker 3. (#18)
+- Fix IP handling if address is not set. (#20)
+- Adapt to libgweather API changes.
+- Fix few memory leaks.
+- Updated translations.
+
 Version 3.38.0
 ==============
 - Create sticky notes file per-applet. (!61)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7f74ad567..e0b66376e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Define version info
 dnl **************************************************************************
 
 m4_define([ga_major_version], [3])
-m4_define([ga_minor_version], [38])
+m4_define([ga_minor_version], [40])
 m4_define([ga_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([ga_version], [ga_major_version.ga_minor_version.ga_micro_version])