Prep for release 2.4.4

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 
-2.4.4 2023-04-??
+2.4.4 2023-04-14
 	FIXES
 	check_log: improve file readability test to accommodate CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH and similar (#604)
 	check_mrtgtraf: fix incorrect out_pct performance data metric (#600)

NP-VERSION-GEN

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 SRC_ROOT=`dirname $0`
 
 NPVF=NP-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=2.4.3.git
+DEF_VER=2.4.4.git
 
 LF='
 '

configure.ac

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 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(nagios-plugins,2.4.3)
+AC_INIT(nagios-plugins,2.4.4)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(NPTest.pm)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([gl/Makefile
 	nagios-plugins.spec])