feat(ci): ISO releases by a Steamify release or by hand (not every push), Dutch time in the name, tag and label, annotated tags (their own date: the mirror sorts releases on the same commit in order)

.github/workflows/iso-release.yml

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 # builds the ISO on that tag and attaches it to its own release for it (steamify-iso.yml). The ISO lives there:
 # GitHub releases take at most 2 GB per file, the ISO is bigger, and a release on the mirror only survives its
 # syncs when its tag comes from here.
-# Name: the Steamify version the ISO gets (its newest release) plus the time: master releases
+# Name: the Steamify version the ISO gets (its newest release) plus the time (Dutch time, Europe/Amsterdam):
-# v<steamify>-<YYYY.MM.DD>-<HHMM> (UTC), feat/steamify a pre-release v<steamify>-dev.<YYYY.MM.DD>-<HHMM>.
+# master releases v<steamify>-<YYYY.MM.DD>-<HHMM>, feat/steamify a pre-release v<steamify>-dev.<...>.
 name: Steamify ISO release (tag)
 
+# Started by a new Steamify release (its bundle.yml, secret ISO_DISPATCH_TOKEN) or by hand (Run workflow,
+# on master for a release, on feat/steamify for a test build); not by every push.
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [master, feat/steamify]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           steamify="$(gh release view -R theupriser/steamify-cachyos --json tagName -q .tagName)"
           steamify="${steamify#v}"
-          stamp="$(date -u +%Y.%m.%d-%H%M)"
+          stamp="$(TZ=Europe/Amsterdam date +%Y.%m.%d-%H%M)"
           if [ "${{ github.ref }}" = refs/heads/master ]; then
-            tag="v$steamify-$stamp" pre="" name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $steamify ($stamp UTC)"
+            tag="v$steamify-$stamp" pre="" name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $steamify ($stamp)"
           else
-            tag="v$steamify-dev.$stamp" pre="--prerelease" name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $steamify (test build $stamp UTC)"
+            tag="v$steamify-dev.$stamp" pre="--prerelease" name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $steamify (test build $stamp)"
           fi
           # The Steamify section of CHANGELOG.md ("## CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO"), without its heading.
           section="$(awk '/^## CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO/ {found = 1; next} found && /^#/ {exit} found' CHANGELOG.md)"
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ jobs:
           Sources: [Steamify](https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos/tree/v$steamify), this repository at this tag, and the packages' sources at [CachyOS](https://github.com/CachyOS) and [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/packages/).
 
           $section"
-          gh release create "$tag" --target "$GITHUB_SHA" $pre --title "$name" --notes "$notes"
+          # An annotated tag: its own date, so the mirror sorts releases on the same commit in order (a
+          # lightweight tag only has its commit's date).
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git tag -a "$tag" -m "$name" "$GITHUB_SHA" && git push origin "refs/tags/$tag"
+          gh release create "$tag" --verify-tag $pre --title "$name" --notes "$notes"
           echo "Released $tag"
 
       # Optional: sync the mirror at once instead of at its interval (a Gitea token with repository write

.github/workflows/steamify-iso.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           m=("${BASH_REMATCH[@]}")
           {
             echo "STEAMIFY_VERSION=${m[1]}"
-            # One moment for the ISO's label (profiledef.sh) and the release's name: the tag's.
+            # One moment for the ISO's label (profiledef.sh) and the release's name: the tag's (Dutch time).
             echo "STEAMIFY_BUILD_STAMP=${m[3]}${m[4]}${m[5]}_${m[6]}"
             echo "ISO_PRERELEASE=$([ -n "${m[2]}" ] && echo true || echo false)"
           } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ jobs:
           tag="${{ github.ref_name }}" b="$STEAMIFY_BUILD_STAMP"
           stamp="${b:0:4}.${b:4:2}.${b:6:2}-${b:9:4}"
           if [ "$ISO_PRERELEASE" = true ]; then
-            name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $STEAMIFY_VERSION (test build $stamp UTC)"
+            name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $STEAMIFY_VERSION (test build $stamp)"
           else
-            name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $STEAMIFY_VERSION ($stamp UTC)"
+            name="CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO $STEAMIFY_VERSION ($stamp)"
           fi
           # Never overwritten: a release for this tag that already has the ISO is left alone.
           api="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 ## CachyOS with Steamify Live ISO
 CachyOS 26.08 with Steamify built in: install CachyOS and turn the PC into a Steam Machine in one go.
-Its version is the Steamify version on it plus the build date and time (a release on `master` is `v<Steamify version>-<date>-<HHMM UTC>`, e.g. `v2.9.1-2026.09.29-1432`).
+Its version is the Steamify version on it plus the build date and time (Dutch time; a release on `master` is `v<Steamify version>-<date>-<HHMM>`, e.g. `v2.9.3-2026.09.29-2205`). A new Steamify release starts one (a test build for now); by hand: Run workflow on "Steamify ISO release (tag)".
 Releases: GitHub creates the tag and a release with the notes; the ISO itself (over GitHub's 2 GB limit) is built on the Gitea mirror and attached to its release for that tag (git.upriser.nl).
 
 **Features:**

archiso/profiledef.sh

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 iso_name="steamify-cachyos"
 # The label follows the release name: the Steamify version on the ISO (steamify-prepare.sh put it there)
 # plus the build date and time, e.g. STEAMIFY_2_9_1_20260929_1432 (ISO 9660: at most 32 characters,
-# A-Z 0-9 _). STEAMIFY_BUILD_STAMP (YYYYMMDD_HHMM, UTC) from the release workflow, so both name the same
+# A-Z 0-9 _). STEAMIFY_BUILD_STAMP (YYYYMMDD_HHMM, Dutch time) from the release workflow, so both name the
-# moment; built by hand, the time now.
+# same moment; built by hand, the time now (Europe/Amsterdam).
 _steamify="$(sed -n 's/^VERSION=//p' "${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}/airootfs/usr/local/share/steamify/steamify.sh" 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)"
-_stamp="${STEAMIFY_BUILD_STAMP:-$(date -u --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" +%Y%m%d_%H%M)}"
+_stamp="${STEAMIFY_BUILD_STAMP:-$(TZ=Europe/Amsterdam date --date="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}" +%Y%m%d_%H%M)}"
 iso_label="STEAMIFY_${_steamify:+${_steamify//./_}_}${_stamp}"
 iso_label="${iso_label:0:32}"
 iso_publisher="CachyOS <https://cachyos.org>"