chore: release v4.4.0

Author: Pierre-Luc Gagné

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Versioning follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+---
+
+## [4.4.0] – 2026-03-29
+
 ### Added
 
 - Instance-based overloads for `mysql_connection::validate_table` and `validate_database` — e.g. `db->validate_table(trade{})` and `db->validate_database(trade_db{})` as alternatives to the template-only forms
@@ -341,7 +345,8 @@ to allow display width similarly to floating point types.
 - `ds_mysql::version` struct providing `major`, `minor`, `patch`, `value`, and `string`
   compile-time constants.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/DisciplinedSoftware/DSMySQL/compare/v4.3.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/DisciplinedSoftware/DSMySQL/compare/v4.4.0...HEAD
+[4.4.0]: https://github.com/DisciplinedSoftware/DSMySQL/compare/v4.3.0...v4.4.0
 [4.3.0]: https://github.com/DisciplinedSoftware/DSMySQL/compare/v4.2.0...v4.3.0
 [4.2.0]: https://github.com/DisciplinedSoftware/DSMySQL/compare/v4.1.0...v4.2.0
 [4.1.0]: https://github.com/DisciplinedSoftware/DSMySQL/compare/v4.0.0...v4.1.0

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 
 project(DSMySQL
-    VERSION 4.3.0
+    VERSION 4.4.0
     DESCRIPTION "A portable C++23 type-safe MySQL query builder and database wrapper"
     LANGUAGES CXX
 )

lib/include/ds_mysql/version.hpp

@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ namespace ds_mysql {
 /// `version_generated.hpp` is present (e.g. raw-header, non-CMake usage).
 struct version {
     static constexpr std::uint32_t major = 4;
-    static constexpr std::uint32_t minor = 3;
+    static constexpr std::uint32_t minor = 4;
     static constexpr std::uint32_t patch = 0;
 
     /// Packed integer: major * 10000 + minor * 100 + patch.
     static constexpr std::uint32_t value = major * 10'000u + minor * 100u + patch;
 
     /// Canonical fallback string for non-generated builds.
-    static constexpr std::string_view string = "4.3.0";
+    static constexpr std::string_view string = "4.4.0";
 };
 
 }  // namespace ds_mysql