release, so if you suspect this is necessary, double check with the
whole engineering team.
+## Release dependencies
+
+The release script has the following dependencies:
+
+- `help2man`
+- `debchange` (part of the devscripts Debian package)
+
+You can optionally install the `progressbar2` Python module with pip to have a
+progress bar displayed during the build process.
+
## Release process
Run the release script, which will verify you are on the latest clean