diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb5fd7f4a..2fb73db01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+##2014-11-10 - Supported Release 4.4.0
+###Summary
+This release has an overhauled readme, new private manifest function, and fixes many future parser bugs.
+
+####Features
+- All new shiny README
+- New `private()` function for making private manifests (yay!)
+
+####Bugfixes
+- Code reuse in `bool2num()` and `zip()`
+- Fix many functions to handle `generate()` no longer returning a string on new puppets
+- `concat()` no longer modifies the first argument (whoops)
+- strict variable support for `getvar()`, `member()`, `values_at`, and `has_interface_with()`
+- `to_bytes()` handles PB and EB now
+- Fix `tempfile` ruby requirement for `validate_augeas()` and `validate_cmd()`
+- Fix `validate_cmd()` for windows
+- Correct `validate_string()` docs to reflect non-handling of `undef`
+- Fix `file_line` matching on older rubies
+
+
 ##2014-07-15 - Supported Release 4.3.2
 ###Summary
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/has_interface_with.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/has_interface_with.rb
index 00e405d13..36915246d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/has_interface_with.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/has_interface_with.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
 
     kind, value = args
 
-    if lookupvar(kind) == value
+    # Bug with 3.7.1 - 3.7.3  when using future parser throws :undefined_variable
+    # https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-3597
+    factval = nil
+    catch :undefined_variable do
+      factval = lookupvar(kind)
+    end
+    if factval == value
       return true
     end
 
@@ -44,7 +50,11 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
       iface.downcase!
       factval = nil
       begin
-        factval = lookupvar("#{kind}_#{iface}")
+        # Bug with 3.7.1 - 3.7.3 when using future parser throws :undefined_variable
+        # https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-3597
+        catch :undefined_variable do
+          factval = lookupvar("#{kind}_#{iface}")
+        end
       rescue Puppet::ParseError # Eat the exception if strict_variables = true is set
       end
       if value == factval
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 26167b6f0..186166d04 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib",
-  "version": "4.3.2",
+  "version": "4.4.0",
   "author": "puppetlabs",
   "summary": "Puppet Module Standard Library",
   "license": "Apache 2.0",
   "source": "git://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib",
   "project_page": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib",
-  "issues_url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/issues",
+  "issues_url": "https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/MODULES",
   "operatingsystem_support": [
     {
       "operatingsystem": "RedHat",
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   "requirements": [
     {
       "name": "pe",
-      "version_requirement": "3.3.x"
+      "version_requirement": "3.x"
     },
     {
       "name": "puppet",
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/ensure_packages_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/ensure_packages_spec.rb
index 3651f292e..aedcfb55d 100755
--- a/spec/acceptance/ensure_packages_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/ensure_packages_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
 require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
 
-describe 'ensure_packages function', :unless => (UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.include?(fact('operatingsystem')) || fact('osfamily') == 'windows') do
+describe 'ensure_packages function', :unless => fact('osfamily') =~ /windows/i do
   describe 'success' do
     it 'ensure_packages a package' do
       apply_manifest('package { "rake": ensure => absent, provider => "gem", }')
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/ensure_resource_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/ensure_resource_spec.rb
index f1bfa5450..1cee53db9 100755
--- a/spec/acceptance/ensure_resource_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/ensure_resource_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
 require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
 
-describe 'ensure_resource function', :unless => (UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.include?(fact('operatingsystem')) || fact('osfamily') == 'windows') do
+describe 'ensure_resource function', :unless => fact('osfamily') =~ /windows/i do
   describe 'success' do
     it 'ensure_resource a package' do
       apply_manifest('package { "rake": ensure => absent, provider => "gem", }')
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/type_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/type_spec.rb
index 15fa217da..67e324803 100755
--- a/spec/acceptance/type_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/type_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
 require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
 
-describe 'type function', :unless => (UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.include?(fact('operatingsystem')) || !(is_future_parser_enabled?)) do
+describe 'type function', :unless => (UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.include?(fact('operatingsystem')) || is_future_parser_enabled?) do
   describe 'success' do
     it 'types arrays' do
       pp = <<-EOS
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
index ef9972371..3203ce9fb 100755
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
@@ -4,15 +4,23 @@
 UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS = []
 
 unless ENV['RS_PROVISION'] == 'no' or ENV['BEAKER_provision'] == 'no'
-  # This will install the latest available package on el and deb based
-  # systems fail on windows and osx, and install via gem on other *nixes
-  foss_opts = { :default_action => 'gem_install' }
+  foss_opts = {
+    :default_action => 'gem_install',
+    :version        => (ENV['PUPPET_VERSION'] ? ENV['PUPPET_VERSION'] : '3.7.2'),
+  }
 
   if default.is_pe?; then install_pe; else install_puppet( foss_opts ); end
 
   hosts.each do |host|
-    on host, "mkdir -p #{host['distmoduledir']}"
-    on host, "/bin/touch #{host['puppetpath']}/hiera.yaml"
+    if host['platform'] !~ /windows/i
+      if host.is_pe?
+        on host, 'mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/facter/facts.d'
+      else
+        on host, "/bin/touch #{host['puppetpath']}/hiera.yaml"
+        on host, "mkdir -p #{host['distmoduledir']}"
+        on host, 'mkdir -p /etc/facter/facts.d'
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
 
@@ -29,17 +37,8 @@
       default[:default_apply_opts] ||= {}
       default[:default_apply_opts].merge!({:parser => 'future'})
     end
-    hosts.each do |host|
-      if host['platform'] !~ /windows/i
-        copy_root_module_to(host, :source => proj_root, :module_name => 'stdlib')
-      end
 
-    end
-    hosts.each do |host|
-      if host['platform'] =~ /windows/i
-        on host, puppet('plugin download')
-      end
-    end
+    copy_root_module_to(default, :source => proj_root, :module_name => 'stdlib')
   end
 end