Release 2.4.0

NEWS update and version bump.

Signed-off-by: Iustin Pop <iustin@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Hanselmann <hansmi@google.com>

NEWS

 News
 ====
 
+Version 2.4.0
+-------------
+
+*(Released Mon, 07 Mar 2011)*
+
+Final 2.4.0 release. Just a few small fixes:
+
+- Fixed RAPI node evacuate
+- Fixed the kvm-ifup script
+- Fixed internal error handling for special job cases
+- Updated man page to specify the escaping feature for options
+
+
 Version 2.4.0 rc3
 -----------------
 

configure.ac

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [4])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc3])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,