[ANNOUNCE] vere-v4.4

[Pyry Kovanen]

vere-v4.4 is a runtime release primarily aimed at providing compatibility with the upcoming 408k arvo release and enabling its highlighted features such as directed messaging migration and ford lightning.

Self-hosted users should run the command <your-ship>/.run next to upgrade to vere-v4.4.

The target release rate for 408k is on Tuesday ~2026.6.23.

For full release notes see https://github.com/urbit/vere/releases/tag/vere-v4.4