Version 40.0
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Released: 2021-04-23

A stable feature release.

Enhancements included in this release:
 * Visual refresh including updated icon and interface
 * Add support for half-screen, portrait and small displays
 * Improved performance when displaying large conversations
 * Upgraded full-text search engine
 * Improved search for languages such as Thai and Chinese
 * Improved keyboard shortcuts
 * Improved server compatibility
 * Numerous user interface translation updates
 * Numerous bug fixes and user interface improvements

Changes since 40.rc:

 * Build fixes for future versions of vala, gmime, and meson.

Thanks to those who contributed bug fixes and enhancements to this
release:

 * Adrien Plazas
 * Arnaud Ferraris
 * Björn Daase
 * Carlos Langoni
 * Chris Heywood
 * Douglas Fuller
 * Guido Günther
 * James Westman
 * Jeremias Ortega
 * John Renner
 * Julian Sparber
 * Marek Benc
 * Marek Černocký
 * Michael Catanzaro
 * Michał Kopeć
 * Rico Tzschichholz
 * Thami Memel
 * Thomas Lauerman
 * Tobias Bernard
 * Yuri Edward

Thanks also to those who contributed translations for the interface:

 * Alan Mortensen (da)
 * Anders Jonsson (sv)
 * Andika Triwidada (id)
 * Asier Sarasua Garmendia (eu)
 * Balázs Úr (hu)
 * Daniel Mustieles (es)
 * Daniel Șerbănescu (ro)
 * Dušan Kazik (sk)
 * Dz Chen (zh_CN)
 * Efstathios Iosifidis (el)
 * Emin Tufan Çetin (tr)
 * Enrico Nicoletto (pt_BR)
 * Fabio Tomat (fur)
 * Federico Bruni (it)
 * Florentina Mușat (ro)
 * Fran Dieguez (gl)
 * Goran Vidović (hr)
 * Hugo Carvalho (pt)
 * Jiri Grönroos (fi)
 * Jordi Mas (ca)
 * Kukuh Syafaat (id)
 * Marek Černocký (cs)
 * Nathan Follens (nl)
 * Piotr Drąg (pl)
 * Rodrigo Costa (pt_BR)
 * Tim Sabsch (de)
 * Viktor Illmer (de)
 * Yosef Or Boczko (he)
 * Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
 * Źmicier Turok (be)
 * Аляксей (be)
 * Мирослав Николић (sr)

And for the online help manual:

 * Anders Jonsson (sv)
 * Andika Triwidada (id)
 * Federico Bruni (it)
 * Jordi Mas (ca)
 * Marek Černocký (cs)