prepare for next release cycle

Author: Kriechi

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+dev
+---
+
+**API Changes (Backward Incompatible)**
+
+-
+
+**API Changes (Backward Compatible)**
+
+-
+
+**Bugfixes**
+
+-
+
 4.4.0 (2026-07-23)
 ------------------
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ lint.ignore = [
   "D400",    # docs readability
   "D401",    # docs readability
   "D415",    # docs readability
+  "PLR0917", # readability
   "PLR2004", # readability
   "SIM108",  # readability
   "RUF012",  # readability

src/h2/__init__.py

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "4.4.0"
+__version__ = "4.5.0+dev"