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.
Break the old god module into flat siblings for CLI parsing, run lifecycle, daemon state, shared processing helpers, benchmark tooling, and maintainer-only model sync so changes stop sharing one giant import graph.
Keep aman as a thin shim over aman_cli, move sync-default-model behind the hidden aman-maint entrypoint plus Make wrappers, and update packaging metadata plus maintainer docs to reflect the new surface.
Retarget the tests to the new seams with dedicated runtime, run, benchmark, maintainer, and entrypoint suites, and verify with python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p "test_*.py", python3 -m py_compile src/*.py tests/*.py, PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m aman --help, PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m aman version, and PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m aman_maint --help.
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
Make the X11 user path visible on first contact instead of burying it under config and maintainer detail.
Rewrite the README around the supported quickstart, expected tray and dictation result, install validation, troubleshooting, and linked follow-on docs. Split deep config and developer material into separate docs, add checked-in screenshots plus a short WebM walkthrough, and add a generator so the media assets stay reproducible.
Also fix the CLI discovery gap by letting `aman --help` show the top-level command surface while keeping implicit foreground `run` behavior, and align the settings, help, and about copy with the supported service-plus-diagnostics model.
Validation: `PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m unittest tests.test_aman_cli tests.test_config_ui`; `PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_*.py'`; `python3 -m py_compile src/*.py tests/*.py scripts/generate_docs_media.py`; `PYTHONPATH=src python3 -m aman --help`.
Milestone 4 stays open in the roadmap because `docs/x11-ga/first-run-review-notes.md` still needs a real non-implementer walkthrough.
