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diff --git a/xapian-core.changes b/xapian-core.changes
index 5a170ec..87e0eb9 100644
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 30 15:46:49 UTC 2017 - alarrosa@suse.com
+
+- Update to 1.4.4:
+ * Database::check():
+   + Fix checking a single table - changes in 1.4.2 broke such checks unless
+     you specified the table without any extension.
+   + Errors from failing to find the file specified are now thrown as
+     DatabaseOpeningError (was DatabaseError, of which DatabaseOpeningError is
+     a subclass so existing code should continue to work).  Also improved the
+     error message when the file doesn't exist is better.
+  * Drop OP_SCALE_WEIGHT over OP_VALUE_RANGE, OP_VALUE_GE and OP_VALUE_LE in
+    the Query constructor.  These operators always return weight 0 so
+    OP_SCALE_WEIGHT over them has no effect.  Eliminating it at query
+    construction time is cheap (we only need to check the type of the
+    subquery), eliminates the confusing "0 * " from the query description,
+    and means the OP_SCALE_WEIGHT Query object can be released sooner.
+    Inspired by Shivanshu Chauhan asking about the query description on IRC.
+  * Drop OP_SCALE_WEIGHT on the right side of OP_AND_NOT in the Query
+    constructor.  OP_AND_NOT takes no weight from the right so OP_SCALE_WEIGHT
+    has no effect there.  Eliminating it at query construction time is cheap
+    (just need to check the subquery's type), eliminates the confusing "0 * "
+    from the query description, and means the OP_SCALE_WEIGHT object can be
+    released sooner.
+  * See also https://xapian.org/docs/xapian-core-1.4.4/NEWS
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  1 09:40:00 UTC 2017 - alarrosa@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xapian-core.spec b/xapian-core.spec
index 5e35ea3..bc37a1b 100644
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 Name:           xapian-core
-Version:        1.4.3
+Version:        1.4.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        The Xapian Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library
 License:        GPL-2.0