Stop implying that one Ubuntu 3.11 unit lane validates the full Linux support surface Aman documents.\n\nSplit CI into an Ubuntu CPython 3.10/3.11/3.12 unit-package matrix, a portable install plus doctor smoke lane, and a packaging lane gated on both. Add a reproducible ci_portable_smoke.sh helper with fake systemctl coverage, and force the installer onto /usr/bin/python3 so the smoke path uses the distro-provided GI and X11 Python packages it is meant to validate.\n\nUpdate the README, release/distribution docs, and Debian metadata to distinguish the automated Ubuntu CI floor from broader manual GA signoff families, and add the missing AppIndicator introspection package to the Ubuntu/Debian dependency lists.\n\nValidate with python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_*.py', python3 -m py_compile src/*.py tests/*.py, and bash -n scripts/ci_portable_smoke.sh. The full xvfb-backed smoke could not be run locally in this sandbox because xvfb-run is unavailable.
Stop aman.py from importing the GTK settings module at module load so version, init, bench, diagnostics, and top-level help can start without pulling in the UI stack.\n\nPromote PyGObject and python-xlib into main project dependencies, switch the documented source install surface to plain uv/pip commands, and teach the portable, deb, and Arch packaging flows to install filtered runtime requirements before the Aman wheel so they still rely on distro-provided GTK/X11 packages.\n\nAdd regression coverage for importing aman with config_ui blocked and for the portable bundle's new requirements payload, then rerun the focused CLI/diagnostics/portable tests plus py_compile.
Add the repo-side pieces for milestone 5: MIT licensing, real maintainer and forge metadata, a public support doc, 1.0.0 release notes, release-prep tooling, and CI uploads for the full candidate artifact set.
Keep source-tree version surfaces honest by reading the local project version in the CLI and About dialog, and cover the new release-prep plus version-fallback behavior with focused tests.
Document where raw validation evidence belongs, add the GA validation rollup, and archive the latest readiness review. Milestone 5 remains open until the forge release page is published and the milestone 2 and 3 matrices are filled with linked manual evidence.
Validation: PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_*.py'; PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m unittest tests.test_release_prep tests.test_portable_bundle tests.test_aman_cli tests.test_config_ui; python3 -m py_compile src/*.py tests/*.py; PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m aman version
