general: Prepare release 44.beta44.beta

3 files changed, 48 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 25335a6..57478e1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+GNOME Font Viewer - 44.beta
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Characters 44.beta comes with general consistency improvements to the application:
+
+* The app now provides standard shortcuts like Ctrl+Q and Ctrl+F
+* New widgetry allows for navigation via the back mouse button, alt+arrows, and touchscreen swipes
+* Various buttons can now be used with mnemonics
+
+This version brings translation updates for the following locales:
+ * Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)
+ * Galician (Fran Dieguez)
+ * German (Jürgen Benvenuti)
+ * Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)
+ * Indonesian (Kukuh Syafaat)
+ * Interlingue (Olga Smirnova)
+ * Nepali (Pawan Chitrakar)
+ * Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)
+ * Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)
+ * Russian (Aleksandr Melman)
+ * Turkish (Sabri Ünal)
+ * Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)
+
 GNOME Font Viewer - 43.0
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fonts 43.beta comes with a new "About" button in the main window and the
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.font-viewer.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.font-viewer.appdata.xml.in
index 5a0eefa..dc2dbb2 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.font-viewer.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.font-viewer.appdata.xml.in
@@ -37,6 +37,31 @@
   </kudos>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
   <releases>
+    <release version="44~beta" date="2023-02-11">
+      <description>
+        <p>Characters 44.beta comes with general consistency improvements to the application:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>The app now provides standard shortcuts like Ctrl+Q and Ctrl+F</li>
+          <li>New widgetry allows for navigation via the back mouse button, alt+arrows, and touchscreen swipes</li>
+          <li>Various buttons can now be used with mnemonics</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>This version brings translation updates for the following locales:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Belarusian (Vasil Pupkin)</li>
+          <li>Galician (Fran Dieguez)</li>
+          <li>German (Jürgen Benvenuti)</li>
+          <li>Hebrew (Yosef Or Boczko)</li>
+          <li>Indonesian (Kukuh Syafaat)</li>
+          <li>Interlingue (Olga Smirnova)</li>
+          <li>Nepali (Pawan Chitrakar)</li>
+          <li>Occitan (post 1500) (Quentin PAGÈS)</li>
+          <li>Portuguese (Hugo Carvalho)</li>
+          <li>Russian (Aleksandr Melman)</li>
+          <li>Turkish (Sabri Ünal)</li>
+          <li>Ukrainian (Yuri Chornoivan)</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="43.0" date="2022-09-18">
       <description>
       <p>Fonts 43.0 comes with a new "About" button in the main window and the following translation updates:</p>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ad3a0d6..19319a8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-font-viewer', 'c',
-        version: '44.alpha',
+        version: '44.beta',
         license: 'GPLv2+',
         meson_version: '>= 0.50.0',
 )