Announce 3.3.4

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+title: "Calamares 3.3.4 released"
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+In this release, process jobmodules -- a particular kind of module
+recognizable by `type: job` and `interface: process` in the descriptor
+file -- undergo a large change to resemble *shellprocess* more.
+
+Users of process jobmodules are encouraged to double-check the Functionality
+of those modules in this release.
+
+This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
+ - Adriaan de Groot
+ - Victor Fuentes
+
+## Core ##
+ - Process jobs (a job type provided by Calamares core) now share more
+   code with *contextualprocess* and *shellprocess* jobs. The execution
+   mechanism is the same, and always invokes the shell, whether the command
+   runs in the host or in the target system. It is no longer necessary to
+   add `/bin/sh` in the *command* key -- this is always present.
+
+## Modules ##
+ - *contextualprocess* and *shellprocess* can now set environment variables
+   as part of the configuration. See *shellprocess* documentation for details.
+   This is optional, and does not do anything that could not already be done
+   by putting `export VAR=value ;` in front of the command before.
+ - *partition* fixed a bug with an uninitialized variable. (thanks Victor)
+ - *shellprocess* (and therefore also *contextualprocess* and process
+   jobmodules) now substitutes `${LANG}` in commands with the language
+   selected in the user-interface of Calamares.
+
+
+## Feedback ##
+
+If you experience an issue with Calamares, please tell us all about it
+on the [**Calamares issue tracker**][1]. For a full change list, see
+the full list of [issues closed][2] within the current generation (which is many releases).
+
+[1]: https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues
+[2]: https://github.com/calamares/calamares/milestone/83