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 Here we tell `gpg` to use `pinentry-tty` when prompting for a passphrase, and export the current TTY to tell `gpg` which TTY to prompt on.
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+### Releases
+
+Pixie has several releasable components. The main ones are: `control plane`, `vizier`, `operator`, Go/Python APIs, and the `cli`. All artifacts in Pixie are released using semantic versioning.
+
+Pixie has a weekly release process for each component, unless there have been no updates. When a component is ready to be released, a release candidate is made by creating a branch off of main. The release candidate branch is pushed to Github, triggering a Github Actions job to build any necessary images and artifacts. Once the build is complete, testing begins. If testing succeeds, a new branch is made for the release to trigger a Github Actions build for the official release. All releases, changelogs, and release notes are published to the [releases page](https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie/releases).