release(1)

📦 version 1.78, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 release — the manual page, but make it a group chat 💖

okay bestie, welcome to release(1) from the bikeshed manual set. yes the name is literally just release. it's giving "no notes, perfect title, we don't elaborate." ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

release — the convenient script for "releasing" an upstream project for Ubuntu 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

release

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no flags, no args, just send it. 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

🚨 bestie, READ THIS FIRST: you must prepare the current directory by running release-build(1) first, before you run release(1). like, that's not optional. do not skip the pre-game. 🙈

so here's the tea: this script works on a bzr(1) branch that has debian packaging sitting in the current directory, and it officially "releases" it. the quotes are theirs, not mine — I'm just the messenger 🫶

here's everything it does, no cap:

  • automatically determines the project/package name and version by parsing the debian/changelog file 🔍
  • updates the changelog timestamp ⏰
  • tags the release in bzr 🏷️
  • runs debcommit(1) with an appropriate release message 💬
  • gpg(1) signs the original tarball 🔐
  • opens the next release for development 🔓 (gotta keep it moving, main character energy)

and after the script does all that? it prints the final push steps to the screen so you can literally just copy-and-paste them. the girlies love a copy-paste. 😌 those printed steps include:

  • the 'bzr push' command 🚀
  • the URL to the Launchpad 'addrelease' project action 🔗
  • the dputP(1) commands for pushing to PPAs and the official Ubuntu archive 📦

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those too, iykyk 📚

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this manpage and the utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others). iconic of him honestly. 💜

permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation. slay, legally. ⚖️✨

on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt. 📄

and that's the whole page, bestie — from the bikeshed crew, dated 6 Oct 2010. oldie but a goodie. go release something. 🎀💖

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