From c2c280ec15dd89c6932fc0edb9799197c2946a0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Hoste <kenneth.hoste@ugent.be>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:14:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] prepare release notes for EasyBuild v4.9.4 + bump version to
 4.9.4

---
 RELEASE_NOTES              | 12 ++++++++++++
 easybuild/tools/version.py |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 7f7ade0c1e..4eed2c680c 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ For more detailed information, please see the git log.
 These release notes can also be consulted at https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Release_notes.html.
 
 
+v4.9.4 (22 september 2024)
+--------------------------
+
+update/bugfix release
+
+- various enhancements, including:
+  - set $LMOD_TERSE_DECORATIONS to 'no' to avoid additional info in output produced by 'ml --terse avail' (#4648)
+- various bug fixes, including:
+  - implement workaround for permission error when copying read-only files that have extended attributes set and using Python 3.6 (#4642)
+  - take into account alternate sysroot for /bin/bash used by run_cmd (#4646)
+
+
 v4.9.3 (14 September 2024)
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/easybuild/tools/version.py b/easybuild/tools/version.py
index 6f8eefd00e..681233536b 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/version.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/version.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 # recent setuptools versions will *TRANSFORM* something like 'X.Y.Zdev' into 'X.Y.Z.dev0', with a warning like
 #   UserWarning: Normalizing '2.4.0dev' to '2.4.0.dev0'
 # This causes problems further up the dependency chain...
-VERSION = LooseVersion('4.9.4.dev0')
+VERSION = LooseVersion('4.9.4')
 UNKNOWN = 'UNKNOWN'
 UNKNOWN_EASYBLOCKS_VERSION = '0.0.UNKNOWN.EASYBLOCKS'