MaintNotes: updte for 2.40

diff --git a/MaintNotes b/MaintNotes
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+++ b/MaintNotes
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ named with three dotted decimal digits (e.g. "1.8.5"), but we have
 switched the versioning scheme and "feature releases" are named with
 three-dotted decimal digits that ends with ".0" (e.g. "1.9.0").
 
-The last such release was 2.38 done on Oct 3rd, 2022.  You can expect
+The last such release was 2.40 done on Mar 13rd, 2023.  You can expect
 that the tip of the "master" branch is always more stable than any of
 the released versions.
 
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ and all topics that are remotely promising from the list traffic, so
 please do not read too much into a topic being on (or not on) the "seen"
 branch.  This branch is mainly to remind the maintainer that the topics
 in them may turn out to be interesting when they are polished, nothing
-more.  The topics on this branch aren't usually complete, well tested,
+more, but can be used by contributors to anticipate what topics from
+others may cause conflict with your work, and find people who are working.
+on these topics to talk to before the potential conflicts get out of
+control. The topics on this branch aren't usually complete, well tested,
 or well documented and they often need further work.  When a topic that
 was in "seen" proves to be in a testable shape, it is merged to "next".
 
@@ -234,7 +237,8 @@ to be not so good and the topic can be dropped from "seen" in such a case.
 The output of the above "git log" talks about a "jch" branch, which is an
 early part of the "seen" branch; that branch contains all topics that
 are in "next" and a bit more (but not all of "seen") and is used by the
-maintainer for his daily work.
+maintainer for his daily work.  Using the tip of this branch, instead of
+'next', as your daily driver is also recommended.
 
 The two branches "master" and "maint" are never rewound, and "next"
 usually will not be either.  After a feature release is made from