Release v1.40.0

[angrybayblade]

Release summary

Version number: v1.40.0

Release details

AEA:

• Removes the web3py fork as a dependency
• Bumps the protobuf to protobuf>=4.21.6,<5.0.0
• Updates protocol buffers compiler to v24.3
• Updates the protocol generator
• Removes unused layers from the user image and uses minimal python image as base

Checklist

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• I have read the CONTRIBUTING doc
• I am making a pull request against the main branch (left side), from develop
• Lint and unit tests pass locally and in CI
• I have checked the fingerprint hashes are correct by running (aea packages lock --check)
• I have regenerated the latest API docs
• I built the documentation and updated it with the latest changes
• I have added an item in HISTORY.md for this release
• I bumped the version number in the aea/__version__.py file.
• I bumped the version number in every Docker image of the repo and published it. Also, I built and published them with tag latest
  (check the READMEs of aea-develop
  and aea-user)
• I have pushed the latest packages to the registry.
• I have uploaded the latest aea to PyPI.
• I have uploaded the latest plugins to PyPI.

[solarw]

LGTM

[solarw]

cool!

The base branch was changed.

[codecov-commenter]

Codecov Report

All modified lines are covered by tests ✅

Comparison is base (e5fc97e) 91.99% compared to head (da78f5f) 92.00%.
Report is 1 commits behind head on main.

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[solarw]

lgtm