🔧 build(deps): use release-creator 4.4 (#58)

[release-creator 4.4.0](https://pypi.org/project/release-creator/4.4.0/)
accepts descriptive changelog fragment names without a `+` prefix.
Update this project's news check and release tools to that version.

The package-specific cutoff admits the new release during the seven-day
cooldown. The lock changes only `release-creator` and dependencies it no
longer requires.

Author: gaborbernat

pylock.toml

@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ sha256 = "202ca578cfeb7370784a8c33d6d05bc6e13b4f25b5053c30a152269fd10f0b88"
 [[packages]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0.3"
-marker = "\"dev\" in dependency_groups or \"docs\" in dependency_groups or \"release-news\" in dependency_groups or \"release-notes\" in dependency_groups or \"release-prepare\" in dependency_groups or \"type\" in dependency_groups"
+marker = "\"dev\" in dependency_groups or \"docs\" in dependency_groups or \"type\" in dependency_groups"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 index = "https://pypi.org/simple/"
 
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ sha256 = "d0dae1f74bb273b534770cb4cccb6bb78735540afdb03c2146f4e19dcd412560"
 
 [[packages]]
 name = "release-creator"
-version = "4.1.0"
+version = "4.4.0"
 marker = "\"release-news\" in dependency_groups or \"release-notes\" in dependency_groups or \"release-prepare\" in dependency_groups"
 requires-python = ">=3.15"
 dependencies = [
@@ -1656,28 +1656,27 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "mdformat" },
     { name = "mdformat-gfm" },
     { name = "packaging" },
-    { name = "pyyaml" },
     { name = "towncrier" },
 ]
 index = "https://pypi.org/simple/"
 
 [packages.sdist]
-name = "release_creator-4.1.0.tar.gz"
-upload-time = 2026-10-26 18:24:45.805437+00:00
-url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7f/fd/05d7f3c604476a238d67d5aaa2a4085312e7078c193dbd7ad99ad48d560d/release_creator-4.1.0.tar.gz"
-size = 186016
+name = "release_creator-4.4.0.tar.gz"
+upload-time = 2026-11-02 21:44:48.475063+00:00
+url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/cf/8f376cc925c26fa5434d327ba03f4ed709b80d2077edda865fc3b2fe1940/release_creator-4.4.0.tar.gz"
+size = 171450
 
 [packages.sdist.hashes]
-sha256 = "c783037f5ca2efc16fa7cccfb1c2abf0a442f116a63ca82bd7bfb7e2a8343a15"
+sha256 = "263d518ddee6371fa13d25bd07f7b5af0fa7a6e421b16f1e8143b0a9443bc84d"
 
 [[packages.wheels]]
-name = "release_creator-4.1.0-py3-none-any.whl"
-upload-time = 2026-10-26 18:24:44.353933+00:00
-url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/30/d0/38480e99025c021d07e0710af02547562dfadbd798bef26dc01869a3f81e/release_creator-4.1.0-py3-none-any.whl"
-size = 52922
+name = "release_creator-4.4.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+upload-time = 2026-11-02 21:44:47.195366+00:00
+url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7b/29/6f2a3158b082b3bf8a94eb93662d80b4db4212abea0fc1fae07ac9a043da/release_creator-4.4.0-py3-none-any.whl"
+size = 54784
 
 [packages.wheels.hashes]
-sha256 = "67deae16d11ac261a1512f18a22c0cf13418f43afc3e56cb74e58ad4422062e3"
+sha256 = "560ed208cca0dc53bc227878e5596e3e26e44fa277658c5d0dc662901d95f8cb"
 
 [[packages]]
 name = "requests"
@@ -2596,7 +2595,6 @@ command-line = [
     "--all-groups",
     "--all-extras",
     "--no-cache",
-    "--upgrade",
 ]
 input-path = "pyproject.toml"
 mode = "universal"

pyproject.toml

@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ build = [
 fix = [ "prek>=0.2" ]
 pkg-meta = [ "check-wheel-contents>=0.6.3", "twine>=7", "uv>=0.12.22" ]
 release-news = [
-  "release-creator>=4.1",
+  "release-creator>=4.4",
   "towncrier>=26.9",
 ]
 release-notes = [
-  "release-creator>=4.1",
+  "release-creator>=4.4",
 ]
 release-prepare = [
   "prek>=0.5",
-  "release-creator>=4.1",
+  "release-creator>=4.4",
   "towncrier>=26.9",
 ]
 
@@ -161,5 +161,5 @@ uploaded-prior-to = "P7D"
 decision-order = "stable"
 matrix.python = ">=3.15,<3.16"
 matrix.platforms = [ "linux_x86_64" ]
-# temporary, delete after 2026-11-02
-packages.release-creator.uploaded-prior-to = 2026-10-26T18:24:46Z
+# release-creator 4.4.0 needs a seven-day cutoff exception through 2026-11-09.
+packages.release-creator.uploaded-prior-to = 2026-11-02T21:45:00Z