It's been a while since the last major Drupal release (nearly 4 months in fact), so it's time for something fresh. Behind the scenes, Drupal developers have been busy working on the next release, Drupal 4.4.0. To prepare for this release, we have frozen the code for the 4.4 branch. In the initial stage of the code freeze, documentation updates, usability improvements and performance improvements will still be accepted. However, no new features or functionality will be added.

If you want to check out the 4.4 branch, you can download the latest development version of Drupal. We do not advise running a production site on this branch yet.

People who have contributed modules or themes should start updating them to be compatible with 4.4. A list of changes with 4.3 can be found in the Module developer's guide and Theme developer's guide.