[gjs] release: prepare for 1.44.0

[Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc src gnome org>]

commit da97f766bc512dbe44cf3212565a1b22f12dcfbf
Author: Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc gnome org>
Date:   Tue Oct 27 14:47:49 2015 -0700

    release: prepare for 1.44.0

 NEWS         |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 configure.ac |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9de20e9..cb91fa7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Version 1.44.0
+--------------
+
+- Add Lang.Interface and GObject.Interface [Philip Chimento, Roberto Goizueta,
+  #751343, #752984]
+- Support callbacks with (transfer full) return types [Debarshi Ray, #750286]
+- Add binding for setlocale() [Philip Chimento, #753072]
+- Improve support to generate code coverage reports [Sam Spilsbury, #743009,
+  #743007, #742362, #742535, #742797, #742466, #751732]
+- Report errors from JS property getters/setters [Matt Watson, #730101]
+- Fix crash when garbage collection triggers while inside an init function
+  [Sam Spilsbury, #742517]
+- Port to CallReceiver/CallArgs [Tim Lunn, #742249]
+- Misc bug fixes [Ting-Wei Lan, #736979, #753072] [Iain Lane, #750688]
+  [Jasper St. Pierre] [Philip Chimento] [Colin Walters]
+
 Version 1.43.3
 --------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e6e95b3..1fceb73 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 m4_define(pkg_major_version, 1)
-m4_define(pkg_minor_version, 43)
-m4_define(pkg_micro_version, 3)
+m4_define(pkg_minor_version, 44)
+m4_define(pkg_micro_version, 0)
 m4_define(pkg_version, pkg_major_version.pkg_minor_version.pkg_micro_version)
 m4_define(pkg_int_version, (pkg_major_version * 100 + pkg_minor_version) * 100 + pkg_micro_version)