diff --git a/doc/rpm-build/release b/doc/rpm-build/release
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+++ b/doc/rpm-build/release
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+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+version=17.1
+if [ "$1" == "--packaging" ]
+then
+	packaging=$2
+else
+	packaging=`date +%Y%m%d`
+fi
+[ ! -f download/egroupware-epl-$version.$packaging.zip ] && {
+	echo "No $version.$packaging packages found!"
+	echo "You probably need to use --packaging <date>"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+echo "syncing to download.egroupware.org"
+~/sync-repos.sh stylite-epl
+
+# update https://www.egroupware.org/currentversion
+# default for no security update
+last_security_update=`curl https://www.egroupware.org/currentversion|tail -n +2`
+# uncomment and therefore enable line below for a security update
+#last_security_update="$version.$packaging\n$(curl https://www.egroupware.org/currentversion|tail -n +3)"
+echo "Updating www.egroupware.org/currentversion to $version.$packaging"
+echo -e "$version.$packaging\n$last_security_update" | ssh root@wordpress.egroupware.org tee /var/www/egroupware.org/currentversion
+
+# building CE packages on build.opensuse.org
+./checkout-build-archives.php --obs /home/stylite/obs/server\:eGroupWare --run 'obs release' $*
+
+# disabled as we have now 19.1
+#echo "Copying $version debian.changes to master to satisfy update checker"
+#cd ~/epl-trunk/egroupware
+#./install-cli.php
+#cp ~/epl-17.1/egroupware/doc/rpm-build/debian.changes doc/rpm-build/
+#sed -i "s|'maintenance_release'] = '.*';|'maintenance_release'] = '$version.$packaging';|" api/setup/setup.inc.php
+#git commit -m "copy $version changelog to master to satisfy update checker" doc/rpm-build/debian.changes api/setup/setup.inc.php
+#git push
+
+# Mail an Univention Appcenter
+cat - ~/.signature.egroupware <<EOF | mail -s "Neue EGroupware Version $version.$packaging" -r rb@egroupware.org -b info@egroupware.org appcenter@univention.de
+Hallo,
+
+wir haben ein neues Maintenance-Release im TestAppCenter.
+
+Ralf
+--
+EOF
diff --git a/doc/rpm-build/release-appcenter b/doc/rpm-build/release-appcenter
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# To update univention-appcenter-control run:
+# curl https://provider-portal.software-univention.de/appcenter-selfservice/univention-appcenter-control > ~/bin/univention-appcenter-control
+
+# copy Debian_7 packages to UCS
+
+version=17.1
+packaging=`date +%Y%m%d`
+# default is now Docker!
+postfix='-docker-ucs43'
+project=stylite-epl
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]
+do
+	case "$1" in
+		"--packaging")
+			packaging=$2
+			shift; shift
+			;;
+		"--postfix")
+			postfix=$2
+			shift; shift
+			;;
+		"--debug")
+			debug=echo
+			shift
+			;;
+		"--help")
+			echo "Usage: release-appcenter [--packaging <YYYYmmdd>] [--postfix -docker] [--debug] [--help]"
+			echo "	--packaging specifiy packaging, default current date '$packaging'"
+			echo "	--postfix eg. '-docker' used to find old package to copy and appended to packaging"
+			echo "	--debug only echo out (modifying commands), does NOT execute them"
+			exit 0
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+#echo "version=$version, packaging=$packaging, postfix=$postfix, debug=$debug"
+
+for ucs in 4.3
+do
+	case $ucs in
+		"4.1")
+			repo=Debian_8.0
+			;;
+		"4.3")
+			repo=Debian_9.0
+			;;
+	esac
+	[ ! -f /srv/obs/repos/$project/$repo/all/egroupware-epl-core_$version.${packaging}_all.deb ] && {
+		echo "No $version.$packaging packages found!"
+		echo "You probably need to use --packaging <date>"
+		exit 1
+	}
+	univention-appcenter-control list | tee /tmp/ucs-apps | egrep "$ucs/egroupware=$version.$packaging$postfix" || {
+		copy_app=$(cat /tmp/ucs-apps | egrep "$ucs/egroupware=$version\.[0-9.]+$postfix$" | tail -1)
+		[ -z "$copy_app" ] && copy_app=$ucs/egroupware
+		$debug univention-appcenter-control new-version $copy_app $ucs/egroupware=$version.$packaging$postfix
+	}
+	# converting changelog to html with <h3>version</h3><ul><li>...</li></ul>
+	sed    -e 's/egroupware-epl (/<h3>/g' \
+	       -e 's/) hardy; urgency=low/<\/h3><ul>/g' \
+	       -e 's/^ -- .*/<\/ul>/g' \
+	       -e 's/^  \* \(.*\)/<li>\1<\/li>/g' $(dirname $0)/egroupware/doc/rpm-build/debian.changes > $(dirname $0)/README_UPDATE
+	# no binary php-pecl-smb packages for docker, as they are php5 and stall UCS install with docker
+	[ "$prefix" = "-docker" ] && extra="/srv/obs/repos/$project/$repo/{amd64,i386}/*"
+	$debug univention-appcenter-control upload $ucs/egroupware=$version.$packaging$postfix /srv/obs/repos/$project/$repo/all/egroupware-epl*$version.$packaging* $extra $(dirname $0)/README_UPDATE
+done