systems release tooling

Release tooling

Active contributors: Douwe de Vries, vriesd

Purpose

Release tooling builds desktop artifacts, validates package metadata, and publishes GitHub releases and Linux repository assets. It is script-heavy and CI-driven.

Key source files

File	Purpose
.github/workflows/ci.yml	CI verification workflow.
.github/workflows/release.yml	Release packaging and publishing workflow.
scripts/package-tauri-linux.mjs	Linux Tauri packaging orchestration.
scripts/package-rust-macos.mjs	macOS Rust/Tauri packaging helper.
scripts/build_apt_repository.py	Builds APT repository metadata.
scripts/validate_linux_package_metadata.py	Validates .deb and .rpm metadata.
scripts/check-release-metadata.mjs	Release metadata guard.
docs/releasing.md	Human release procedure.

Integration points

Release tooling uses the same build commands listed in Getting started, and it depends on package metadata in package.json, frontend/package.json, and Tauri config files under src-tauri.

Entry points for modification

Start with .github/workflows/release.yml for pipeline changes. Use scripts/check-release-metadata.mjs, scripts/validate_linux_package_metadata.py, and tests under tests when changing package metadata rules.