git: a456f852d145 - releng/14.4 - Update in preparation for 14.4-RELEASE

The branch releng/14.4 has been updated by cperciva:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a456f852d14544460204036ea55f45a9c7e04972

commit a456f852d14544460204036ea55f45a9c7e04972
Author:     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-03-06 00:00:00 +0000
Commit:     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-06 00:00:00 +0000

    Update in preparation for 14.4-RELEASE
    
    - Bump BRANCH to RELEASE
    - Add the anticipated RELEASE announcement date
    - Set a static __FreeBSD_version
    
    Approved by:    re (implicit)
    Sponsored by:   OpenSats Initiative
---
 UPDATING                  | 3 +++
 lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S | 2 +-
 sys/conf/newvers.sh       | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 4c3ea27970cb..42f8d9788aad 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in
 /usr/ports/UPDATING.  Please read that file before updating system packages
 and/or ports.
 
+20260310:
+	14.4-RELEASE.
+
 20260116:
 	Bump __FreeBSD_version to 1403508 for various LinuxKPI changes
 	so they could be detected if needed.
diff --git a/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S b/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S
index a06f72daa99d..12d226a95684 100644
--- a/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S
+++ b/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.S
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	.4byte		NT_FREEBSD_ABI_TAG
 1:	.asciz		NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR
 2:	.p2align	2
-3:	.4byte		__FreeBSD_version
+3:	.4byte		1404000
 4:
 
 	.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index 26f4c2a335f0..ba11232e7c54 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="14.4"
-BRANCH="RC1"
+BRANCH="RELEASE"
 if [ -n "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}
 fi