Update windows requirement from 0.43.0 to 0.44.0

Updates the requirements on windows to permit the latest version.

Release notes

0.44.0

As a reminder, updates are only published by request (#2279). This release does not include an update to the windows-sys crate, which remains stable and unchanged.

This is the first update to the windows crate in 3 months. As such, there are quite a few improvements and fixes. Some notable changes to take a look at:

There is now a getting started guide

Support for raw-dylib (#2164) - thanks @dpaoliello!

A number of new samples have been added

The target lib files are now validated for changes (#2132)

Windows Runtime metadata has been updated to introduce new APIs for Windows 11 (#2192)

Win32 metadata has been updated with numerous fixes (#2247)

There's a new windows-targets crate that simplifies taking a dependency on the Windows libs (#2158)

Support for infallible return values (#2248)

Option to use default metadata for code generation (#2253)

Changes

Fix new clippy warnings by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2121

Add performance counter samples by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2120

Use more readable formatting for samples by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2124

Add DirectComposition sample by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2129

Remap D3DMATRIX to Matrix4x4 by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2130

Validate baseline for lib files by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2132

Update the win32 metadata to version 37.0.34 by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2133

Simplify yml build files by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2134

Don't require files for reading/writing by @Jake-Shadle in microsoft/windows-rs#2131

Test DEVMODEA/DEVMODEW struct sizes are correct by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2139

Simplify extern function code generation by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2148

Introduce link macro to provide an abstraction over the Rust link attribute by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2152

Simplify yml generation by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2157

Add windows-targets crate to simplify lib dependency management by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2158

Improve samples and tests for validating calling conventions by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2159

Switch debugger visualizer from crate feature to build option by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2160

Streamline delay load core implementation by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2162

Remove deprecated WinRT namespaces by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2165

Update the win32 metadata to version 38.0.19 by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2166

Add optional support for raw-dylib by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2164

Generate field comparisons directly by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2168

Add device watcher sample by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2172

Test lower MSRV for windows-sys by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2173

Ensure bindings are warning-free by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2174

Detect unsupported trailing array parameters by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2178

Test readme by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2179

Update LLVM (MinGW) toolchain by @riverar in microsoft/windows-rs#2163

Downgrade target crates versions to 0.42.1 by @glandium in microsoft/windows-rs#2183

Update Windows metadata by @riverar in microsoft/windows-rs#2192

Direct3D12 sample - fix copy_nonoverlapping size by @damyanp in microsoft/windows-rs#2195

Exclude major COM APIs from the windows-sys crate by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2194

verbatim modifier is now stable by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2199

Update Win32 metadata by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2198

Simplify parameter binding code gen by @kennykerr in microsoft/windows-rs#2202

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Commits

6f115da Version 0.44.0 (#2279)
7c65c07 Add Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) sample (#2277)
1bfd409 Update readme.md
59950e2 Verify alignment for DEVMODEA/DEVMODEW structs (#2271)
a8b3b38 Organize samples into folders (#2270)
53108ea Update metadata readme (#2267)
754b838 Include doc comment for GUID constants (#2268)
75a8260 Add fallible allocations and string conversions (#2254)
442fd8b Provide option to use default metadata for code generation (#2253)
0ee7be0 Infallible return values and more efficient out parameters (#2248)
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andfoy / winpty-rs

Update windows requirement from 0.43.0 to 0.44.0 #48

0.44.0

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