Prepare release: 1.4.0

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[wxtim]

I think that #319 has a fix synced over to master, and probably ought to be logged: If you agree I'll prep a PR to this PR?

[MetRonnie]

Does anyone know what is going on with the test failure?

[oliver-sanders]

MB, I ran the pre-release tests before Ben's PR was merged so missed this change.

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