Create release for 3.4.4 (#3567)

* Create release for 3.4.4

* Update metadata

* Update _data

* Write up the announcement

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Co-authored-by: GitHub Actions Bot <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Takashi Kokubun <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

_data/downloads.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ preview:
 
 stable:
 
-  - 3.4.3
+  - 3.4.4
   - 3.3.8
   - 3.2.8
 

_data/releases.yml

@@ -52,6 +52,30 @@
 
 # 3.4 series
 
+- version: 3.4.4
+  date: 2025-05-14
+  post: /en/news/2025/05/14/ruby-3-4-4-released/
+  url:
+    gz:  https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.4.tar.gz
+    zip: https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.4.zip
+    xz:  https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.4/ruby-3.4.4.tar.xz
+  size:
+    gz:  23204581
+    zip: 28372208
+    xz:  17255388
+  sha1:
+    gz:  aff18f17868d076f4516ea4209931ad55b264f73
+    zip: 77377010d19109939fe11cadf1c210deda8ec202
+    xz:  83ddf983c194b353634e91a86b466ce0d01bff39
+  sha256:
+    gz:  a0597bfdf312e010efd1effaa8d7f1d7833146fdc17950caa8158ffa3dcbfa85
+    zip: 7c64e2c303ef8433e01cb3afd9be094707a9aa60355fcee08d12ca90e1e46399
+    xz:  f76d63efe9499dedd8526b74365c0c811af00dc9feb0bed7f5356488476e28f4
+  sha512:
+    gz:  ec52e338a9558e5fb0975be4249ff47a2d8c7926d8ae3af58f4e5a233f400f75da88ce8254bac7a8cd7a6b0b87fd4eb7315944c76be43719782bd0c16040197b
+    zip: f8dada5fae978b3eb82ed6863d3e8e25dfd90b3348eace2400d7428b0a1a9362bf88dc3138ef4b68bc5aaff781e90388e428390f5f55c5667fd24e4754544814
+    xz:  0d258cf790daad424c866404b5cbdc8adba0e4e13764847a89adf2335229e5184095c9f3e9594705897697e48bcc322d9a9f919b04047abb2075daca9fce8871
+
 - version: 3.4.3
   date: 2025-04-14
   post: /en/news/2025/04/14/ruby-3-4-3-released/

en/news/_posts/2025-05-14-ruby-3-4-4-released.md

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+layout: news_post
+title: "Ruby 3.4.4 Released"
+author: k0kubun
+translator:
+date: 2025-05-14 18:20:00 +0000
+lang: en
+---
+
+Ruby 3.4.4 has been released.
+
+This release includes a fix for a YJIT bug related to local variables and addresses a build issue on Windows when using GCC 15.
+It was released ahead of schedule to make these fixes available as soon as possible.
+A few other bug fixes are also included.
+
+Please see the [release notes on GitHub](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/releases/tag/v3_4_4) for further details.
+
+## Release Schedule
+
+We intend to release the latest stable Ruby version (currently Ruby 3.4) every two months following the most recent release.
+Following this release (3.4.4), Ruby 3.4.5 is scheduled for July, 3.4.6 for September, 3.4.7 for November, and 3.4.8 for January.
+
+If a change arises that significantly affects users, a release may occur earlier than planned, and the subsequent schedule may shift accordingly.
+
+## Download
+
+{% assign release = site.data.releases | where: "version", "3.4.4" | first %}
+
+* <{{ release.url.gz }}>
+
+      SIZE: {{ release.size.gz }}
+      SHA1: {{ release.sha1.gz }}
+      SHA256: {{ release.sha256.gz }}
+      SHA512: {{ release.sha512.gz }}
+
+* <{{ release.url.xz }}>
+
+      SIZE: {{ release.size.xz }}
+      SHA1: {{ release.sha1.xz }}
+      SHA256: {{ release.sha256.xz }}
+      SHA512: {{ release.sha512.xz }}
+
+* <{{ release.url.zip }}>
+
+      SIZE: {{ release.size.zip }}
+      SHA1: {{ release.sha1.zip }}
+      SHA256: {{ release.sha256.zip }}
+      SHA512: {{ release.sha512.zip }}
+
+## Release Comment
+
+Many committers, developers, and users who provided bug reports helped us make this release.
+Thanks for their contributions.