Release v0.40.1 cleanups

[robert-zaremba]

Summary

This task is to list updates for release v0.40.1

• create Milestone 40.2, edit: It's here: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/milestone/28
• move issues from Milestone 40.1 to Milestone 40.2
• move merged issues, not being part of 40.1 release from Milestone 40.1 to Milestone 40.2

Commits to cherry pick:

• backport: tm v0.34.2 #8318 tm v0.34.2 (superseded by next item)
• backport: bump TM to 0.34.3 #8391 tm v0.34.3
• backport: fix GET /upgrade/current query (#8280) #8372 fix GET /upgrade/current query (fix GET /upgrade/current query #8280)
• backport: build(deps): bump github.com/armon/go-metrics from 0.3.5 to 0.3.6 (#8… #8373 build(deps): bump github.com/armon/go-metrics from 0.3.5 to 0.3.6 (build(deps): bump github.com/armon/go-metrics from 0.3.5 to 0.3.6 #8273)
• backport: fix zero time checks (#8282) #8374 8058 fix zero time checks (8058 fix zero time checks #8282)
• build(deps): bump github.com/gogo/protobuf from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 (#8291) #8376 build(deps): bump github.com/gogo/protobuf from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 (build(deps): bump github.com/gogo/protobuf from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 #8291)
• Backport/reproducible builds #8381 Backport/reproducible builds (fix reproducible builds #8300 and buildsystem: fix reproducible builds #8301)
• backport: Update gogo proto deps with v1.3.2 security fixes (#8350) #8386 Update gogo proto deps with v1.3.2 security fixes (Update gogo proto deps with v1.3.2 security fixes #8350)
• backport: Fix sequence value in auth sign signature only (#8287) #8383 Fix sequence value in auth sign signature only (Fix sequence value in auth sign signature only #8287)
• Backport/fix ibc #8375 Fix ibc client (Fix ibc client #8341)
• Backport/fix proto generation #8389 fix proto generation (fix proto generation #8361)
• fix: wrappedError.Is (#8355) #8377 fix: wrappedError.Is (fix: wrappedError.Is #8355)
• Add missing unpack interfaces functions to IBC (#8359) #8379 Add missing unpack interfaces functions to IBC (Add missing unpack interfaces functions to IBC #8359)
• IBC fix changelog entry 8359 changelog entry #8371
• Backport/changelog #8390 New commit: Update changelog + Release Notes

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[alessio]

We need a RELEASE_NOTES.md file too (a clean one), e.g. https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.39.2/RELEASE_NOTES.md

[robert-zaremba]

What should we put in the Release Notes? Should we add new subsection?

[alessio]

What should we put in the Release Notes? Should we add new subsection?

Just FTR: as agreed the release notes doc will be a clean one 👍

[robert-zaremba]

Released: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.40.1

[alessio]

Cosmos SDK v0.40.1 is out, hence closing this.