NAME

       release - convenient script for "releasing" an upstream project for Ubuntu

SYNOPSIS

       release

DESCRIPTION

       Note  that  you  must  prepare  the  current  directory by first running release-build(1), before running
       release(1).

       This script will work on a bzr(1) branch with debian  packaging  in  the  current  directory,  officially
       "releasing" it.  It will:
        * automatically determine the project/package name and version by parsing the debian/changelog file
        * update the changelog timestamp
        * tag the release in bzr
        * debcommit(1) with an appropriate release message
        * gpg(1) sign the original tarball
        * open the next release for development

       After  the  script performs these actions, the final steps to push the release are printed to the screen,
       for the user to copy-and-paste.  These 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

       release-build(1), bzr(1), debcommit(1), gpg(1), dputP(1)

AUTHOR

       This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but
       may  be used by others).  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.

       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.