Release notes for 4.4

Author: minrk

docs/changelog.rst

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 Changes in IPython kernel
 =========================
 
+4.4
+---
+
+`4.4 on GitHub <https://github.com/ipython/ipykernel/milestones/4.4>`__
+
+- Fixes for logging problems caused by 4.3,
+  where logging could go to the terminal instead of the notebook.
+- Add ``--sys-prefix`` and ``--profile`` arguments to :command:`ipython kernel install`
+- Allow Comm (Widget) messages to be sent from background threads
+- Select inline matplotlib backend by default if ``%matplotlib`` magic or
+  ``matplotlib.use()`` are not called explicitly (for matplotlib >= 1.5).
+- Fix some longstanding minor deviations from the message protocol
+  (missing status: ok in a few replies, connect_reply format).
+
+
 4.3
 ---