release: 0.44.0

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: rustyconover

CLAUDE.md

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ change to `~/Development/vgi-rpc-java/` doesn't show up, run
 ## Releasing (Maven Central)
 
 Published: **`farm.query:vgi`** (this repo) and **`farm.query:vgirpc`** /
-`vgirpc-oauth` (the sibling). Latest as of 2026-10-21: **vgi 0.43.0 → vgirpc
+`vgirpc-oauth` (the sibling). Latest as of 2026-10-23: **vgi 0.44.0 → vgirpc
 0.33.1**. To cut a release: bump `version` in `build.gradle.kts`, push, then
 create a GitHub Release whose tag is the version (`v0.2.0` for `0.2.0`). The
 `release.yml` workflow (trigger: `release: published`) verifies tag == version,

README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Artifacts are published to Maven Central under the `farm.query` group.
 
 ```kotlin
 dependencies {
-    implementation("farm.query:vgi:0.43.0")
+    implementation("farm.query:vgi:0.44.0")
 }
 ```
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies {
 <dependency>
   <groupId>farm.query</groupId>
   <artifactId>vgi</artifactId>
-  <version>0.43.0</version>
+  <version>0.44.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

build.gradle.kts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "farm.query"
-    version = "0.43.0"
+    version = "0.44.0"
 
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()

examples/docs/build.gradle.kts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // the SDK at HEAD and a breaking change shows up here rather than in a reader's
 // editor. A reader does the same thing with one line instead:
 //
-//     implementation("farm.query:vgi:0.43.0")
+//     implementation("farm.query:vgi:0.44.0")
 //
 // which is what the documentation shows. The toolchain, `-parameters` and the
 // JVM opens all come from the root build, so nothing else is repeated here.