Is release.py still used?

[loqs]

Replacing direct use of bandit with flake8-bandit causes housekeep.py to be scanned for security issues:

flake8 aiosmtpd housekeep.py release.py setup.py --select S
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Unable to find qualified name for module: housekeep.py
Unable to find qualified name for module: release.py
Unable to find qualified name for module: setup.py
release.py:101:1: S603 subprocess call - check for execution of untrusted input.
release.py:103:1: S603 subprocess call - check for execution of untrusted input.
release.py:109:1: S603 subprocess call - check for execution of untrusted input.
release.py:126:1: S603 subprocess call - check for execution of untrusted input.
release.py:141:1: S603 subprocess call - check for execution of untrusted input.
release.py:156:1: S607 Starting a process with a partial executable path
release.py:156:1: S603 subprocess call - check for execution of untrusted input.
release.py:158:1: S607 Starting a process with a partial executable path
release.py:158:1: S603 subprocess call - check for execution of untrusted input.

If it is not used the simplest solution would be to delete it. Otherwise the detected issues need to be reviewed and addressed.

[webknjaz]

Likely not. The previous process had GPG signing and interactivity. But currently, GHA seems to be set up to handle releases somewhat similarly to other projects. The last release used TP, meaning it used GHA. But perhaps, some parts of that script could be useful if moved to GHA.