4.4.23: Memory-aware batching, static Linux builds, and build improvements

### Memory-Aware Batching
- Introduced configurable min/max batch size bounds and memory limits for precise resource control.
- Added `--batch-mem` CLI option to enable adaptive batching based on estimated sequence memory footprint (e.g., 128K, 64M, 1G).
- Implemented `RebatchBySize()` to handle both byte and count limits, flushing when either threshold is exceeded.
- Added conservative memory estimation via `BioSequence.MemorySize()` and enhanced garbage collection for explicit cleanup after large batch discards.
- Updated internal batching logic across core modules to consistently apply default memory (128 MB) and size (min: 1, max: 2000) bounds.

### Linux Build Enhancements
- Enabled static linking for Linux binaries using musl, producing portable, self-contained executables without external dependencies.

### Build System & Toolchain Improvements
- Updated Go toolchain to 1.26.1 with corresponding dependency bumps (e.g., go-getoptions, gval, regexp2, go-json, progressbar, logrus, testify).
- Fixed Makefile to safely quote LDFLAGS for paths with spaces.
- Improved build error handling: on failure, logs are displayed before cleanup and exit.
- Updated install script to correctly set GOROOT, GOPATH, and GOTOOLCHAIN, ensuring GOPATH directory creation.
- Added progress bar to curl downloads in the install script for visual feedback during Go and OBITools4 downloads.

All batching behavior remains non-breaking, with consistent constraints improving predictability during large dataset processing.

pkg/obioptions/version.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package obioptions
 // Version is automatically updated by the Makefile from version.txt
 // The patch number (third digit) is incremented on each push to the repository
 
-var _Version = "Release 4.4.22"
+var _Version = "Release 4.4.23"
 
 // Version returns the version of the obitools package.
 //

version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.22
+4.4.23