v0.40 release

Author: sebeier

src/main/java/org/usadellab/trimmomatic/trim/IlluminaClippingTrimmer.java

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public static IlluminaClippingTrimmer makeIlluminaClippingTrimmer(Logger logger,
         String fastaPath = arg[0];
         File fastaFile = null;
 
-        // An absolute path provided by the user should always take precedence.
         File potentialFile = new File(fastaPath);
         if (potentialFile.isAbsolute()) {
             if (potentialFile.exists()) {