[gnome-session] NEWS: Update for release

[Ray Strode <halfline src gnome org>]

commit 6e257efa0471266fe87c77aea005b46e9e139884
Author: Ray Strode <rstrode redhat com>
Date:   Wed Jan 12 10:19:43 2022 -0500

    NEWS: Update for release

 NEWS | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ead0a222..f3f61241 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+============
+Version 40.8
+============
+
+       data: Install GNOME on Wayland session for X11 preferred setups
+       Don't spew as much into log when falling back to non-systemd sessions
+       Work better with certain versions of meson
+       Correct screwed up check for gnome-shell
+       Various cleanups and leak fixes
+       Translation updates
+
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 Version 40.1.1
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