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.github/actions/release-info/action.yml

@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Determine release channel and package release
       id: release_info
-      uses: XRPLF/actions/release-info@7cc0e4a8d9d0b838f92c48d312856b190341bbba
+      uses: XRPLF/actions/release-info@ebcf6cea14eee258697308a51fea55cad777581b

.github/workflows/build-nix-images.yml

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
             base_image: debian:bookworm
           - name: rhel
             base_image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest
-    uses: XRPLF/actions/.github/workflows/build-multiarch-image.yml@034e87065fcd0100214cf0672923bd38d193cf78
+    uses: XRPLF/actions/.github/workflows/build-multiarch-image.yml@696384b292577293292daed06af0306d1b83bd7d
     with:
       image_name: xrpld/nix-${{ matrix.distro.name }}
       dockerfile: nix/docker/Dockerfile

.github/workflows/build-packaging-images.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           # AlmaLinux rather than UBI, which does not ship rpm-sign.
           - name: rhel
             base_image: almalinux:10
-    uses: XRPLF/actions/.github/workflows/build-multiarch-image.yml@034e87065fcd0100214cf0672923bd38d193cf78
+    uses: XRPLF/actions/.github/workflows/build-multiarch-image.yml@696384b292577293292daed06af0306d1b83bd7d
     with:
       image_name: xrpld/packaging-${{ matrix.distro.name }}
       dockerfile: package/docker/Dockerfile

.github/workflows/build-pre-commit-image.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
-    uses: XRPLF/actions/.github/workflows/build-multiarch-image.yml@034e87065fcd0100214cf0672923bd38d193cf78
+    uses: XRPLF/actions/.github/workflows/build-multiarch-image.yml@696384b292577293292daed06af0306d1b83bd7d
     with:
       image_name: xrpld/pre-commit
       dockerfile: bin/pre-commit/Dockerfile

.github/workflows/reusable-upload-recipe.yml

@@ -68,33 +68,17 @@ jobs:
         run: conan remote login "${REMOTE_NAME}" "${CONAN_LOGIN_USERNAME_XRPLF}" --password "${CONAN_PASSWORD_XRPLF}"
 
       - name: Upload Conan recipe (version)
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.version }}
         run: |
-          conan export . --version=${{ steps.release_info.outputs.version }}
-          conan upload --confirm --check --remote="${REMOTE_NAME}" xrpl/${{ steps.release_info.outputs.version }}
+          conan export . --version="${VERSION}"
+          conan upload --confirm --check --remote="${REMOTE_NAME}" "xrpl/${VERSION}"
 
-      # When this workflow is triggered by a push event, it will always be when merging into the
-      # 'develop' branch, see on-trigger.yml.
       - name: Upload Conan recipe (develop)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' }}
         run: |
           conan export . --version=develop
           conan upload --confirm --check --remote="${REMOTE_NAME}" xrpl/develop
 
-      # When this workflow is triggered by a pull request event, it will always be when merging into
-      # one of the 'release' branches, see on-pr.yml.
-      - name: Upload Conan recipe (rc)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        run: |
-          conan export . --version=rc
-          conan upload --confirm --check --remote="${REMOTE_NAME}" xrpl/rc
-
-      # When this workflow is triggered by a push event, it will always be when tagging a final
-      # release, see on-tag.yml.
-      - name: Upload Conan recipe (release)
-        if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
-        run: |
-          conan export . --version=release
-          conan upload --confirm --check --remote="${REMOTE_NAME}" xrpl/release
-
     outputs:
       ref: xrpl/${{ steps.release_info.outputs.version }}

package/README.md

@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ The `release-info` action decides the channel from the event, and
 | tag                      | `X.Y.Z`           | `stable`  | `deb-stable`   | `rpm-stable-hosted`   |
 | tag                      | `X.Y.Z-rcN`       | `rc`      | `deb-rc`       | `rpm-rc-hosted`       |
 | tag                      | `X.Y.Z-bN`        | `beta`    | `deb-beta`     | `rpm-beta-hosted`     |
+| tag, any other           | `xrpld --version` | `custom`  | `deb-custom`   | `rpm-custom-hosted`   |
 | push to `develop`        | `xrpld --version` | `develop` | `deb-develop`  | `rpm-develop-hosted`  |
 | tag, non-public codebase | _any_             | `private` | `deb-private`  | `rpm-private-hosted`  |
 
@@ -224,6 +225,8 @@ Only a tag names a channel — do not extend that to `develop`, where
 `BuildInfo.cpp`'s `versionString` moves through `-bN`, `-rcN` and even the final
 version during a release cycle, which would send develop builds into `stable`.
 Versions sort in row order, so moving to a more mature channel never downgrades.
+A tag matching none of the release patterns, such as `X.Y.Z-hotfix1`, publishes
+to `custom`, which sits outside that order.
 
 The action decides the package release number on the same split: a tag's version
 is unique, so its packages are release 1, while develop repeats the same version
@@ -310,6 +313,7 @@ With `PKG_RELEASE=1`, the package metadata becomes:
 | `3.2.0-b0+abc1234` | `3.2.0~b0+abc1234-1%{?dist}` | `3.2.0~b0+abc1234-1` |
 | `3.2.0-b1`         | `3.2.0~b1-1%{?dist}`         | `3.2.0~b1-1`         |
 | `3.2.0-rc1`        | `3.2.0~rc1-1%{?dist}`        | `3.2.0~rc1-1`        |
+| `3.2.0-custom-1`   | `3.2.0~custom.1-1%{?dist}`   | `3.2.0~custom.1-1`   |
 
 `build_pkg.py` defines `dist` as `.el9` rather than letting rpmbuild take it
 from the build host, so the RHEL image can track a newer release without
@@ -319,7 +323,10 @@ The Debian changelog entry carries the channel passed as `--channel`, which
 only accepts the channels in the table above plus `UNRELEASED`, the Debian
 convention for a build that targets no channel at all — what local and CMake
 builds pass, since nothing publishes them. An unsupported pre-release, and
-build metadata on a final release such as `3.2.0+abc123`, are both rejected.
+build metadata on a final release such as `3.2.0+abc123`, are both rejected,
+except in the `custom` and `private` channels, which accept any version and
+switch each `-` inside the pre-release or build metadata to `.`, so
+`3.4.0-custom-1` packages as `3.4.0~custom.1`.
 
 The RPM path intentionally uses `~` in `Version`, matching the Debian
 pre-release ordering convention, so RPM filenames/NVRs begin with forms like

package/build_pkg.py

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ from pathlib import Path
 # This script lives in the repository it packages.
 SRC_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
 
-PRE_RELEASE = re.compile(r"^(b|rc)(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\+.*)?$")
+PRE_RELEASE = re.compile(r"^(b|rc)(0|[1-9][0-9]*)$")
+
+# Channels a tag of any version is published to, rather than only bN/rcN.
+ANY_VERSION_CHANNELS = ("custom", "private")
 
 # The package name a variant suffixes, and the name every variant keeps for its
 # on-disk paths (/usr/bin/xrpld, /etc/xrpld, xrpld.service).
@@ -68,14 +71,21 @@ def capture(*command: object) -> str:
     ).stdout.strip()
 
 
-def package_version(reported: str) -> str:
+def package_version(reported: str, channel: str) -> str:
     """Normalise a reported version into one the package formats accept.
 
     A pre-release switches to '~' (3.2.0-b1 -> 3.2.0~b1), which also sorts before
-    the final 3.2.0; a no-op for a final release.
+    the final 3.2.0; a no-op for a final release. The custom and private
+    channels accept any pre-release and build metadata, with any '-' inside
+    either switched to '.' (3.4.0-custom-1 -> 3.4.0~custom.1).
     """
-    base, _, pre_release = reported.partition("-")
-    version = f"{base}~{pre_release}" if pre_release else base
+    # Metadata first, as it may contain '-' too.
+    release, plus, metadata = reported.partition("+")
+    base, _, pre_release = release.partition("-")
+    if channel in ANY_VERSION_CHANNELS:
+        pre_release = pre_release.replace("-", ".")
+        metadata = metadata.replace("-", ".")
+    version = (f"{base}~{pre_release}" if pre_release else base) + plus + metadata
 
     # BuildInfo already SemVer-validates the version. Packaging adds one narrower
     # constraint: after normalisation the version must not contain '-', because
@@ -84,7 +94,9 @@ def package_version(reported: str) -> str:
         f"unsupported version {reported!r}: {version!r} cannot contain '-'. "
         "Use a single-token pre-release like 3.2.0-b1 or 3.2.0-rc2."
     )
-    assert pre_release or "+" not in reported, (
+    if channel in ANY_VERSION_CHANNELS:
+        return version
+    assert pre_release or not plus, (
         f"unsupported version {reported!r}: "
         "build metadata is only supported on bN/rcN pre-releases."
     )
@@ -301,7 +313,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--channel",
         required=True,
-        choices=("stable", "rc", "beta", "develop", "private", "UNRELEASED"),
+        choices=("stable", "rc", "beta", "custom", "develop", "private", "UNRELEASED"),
         help="release channel, written to debian/changelog",
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -319,7 +331,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     check_binaries(build_dir)
     reported = read_version(build_dir / "xrpld")
-    version = package_version(reported)
+    version = package_version(reported, channel)
     epoch = source_date_epoch()
 
     # rpmbuild and dpkg-buildpackage both honour this for file timestamps.

package/docker/publish_pkg.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--channel",
         required=True,
-        choices=("stable", "rc", "beta", "develop", "private"),
+        choices=("stable", "rc", "beta", "custom", "develop", "private"),
         help="release channel, selecting the deb-<channel> and rpm-<channel>-hosted repositories",
     )
     parser.add_argument(

src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace {
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // clang-format off
 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-identifier-naming)
-char const* const versionString = "3.5.0-b0"
+char const* const versionString = "3.5.0-custom-1"
     // clang-format on
     ;