diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml
index 044113f28..3978181b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fedora-copr-build.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     - scripts/docker/**
     branches:
     - master
+    - current
 
 jobs:
   setup-build:
@@ -52,5 +53,5 @@ jobs:
     - name: run the copr build script
       run: |
         cd ..
-        bash -x subsurface/packaging/copr/make-package.sh post
+        bash -x subsurface/packaging/copr/make-package.sh ${{ github.refname }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-launchpad-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-launchpad-build.yml
index ba1f9cfdc..41941d259 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-launchpad-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu-launchpad-build.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     - scripts/docker/**
     branches:
     - master
+    - current
 
 jobs:
   push-to-ppa:
@@ -47,5 +48,5 @@ jobs:
     - name: run the launchpad make-package script
       run: |
         cd ..
-        bash -x subsurface/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh post
+        bash -x subsurface/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
diff --git a/packaging/copr/make-package.sh b/packaging/copr/make-package.sh
index e1a088b7f..052377284 100644
--- a/packaging/copr/make-package.sh
+++ b/packaging/copr/make-package.sh
@@ -70,22 +70,18 @@ fi
 # file, this is hard coded to 1 - it's entirely possible that there will be use cases where we
 # need to push additional versions... but it seems impossible to predict what exactly would drive
 # those and how to automate them
-if [[ "$1" = "post" ]] ; then
-	# daily vs. release
-	if [[ "$GITREVISION" == "" ]] ; then
-		# this is a release
-		echo "RELEASE PROCESS IS NOT WELL TESTED"
-		REPO="Subsurface"
-		SUMMARY="official Fedora RPMs from the Subsurface project"
-		DESCRIPTION="This is the official Subsurface build, provided by the Subsurface team, including our own custom libdivecomputer."
-	else
-		REPO="Subsurface-test"
-		SUMMARY="rolling build of the latest development version of Subsurface"
-		DESCRIPTION="This is a 'daily' build of Subsurface, provided by the Subsurface team, based on the latest sources. The builds aren't always well tested."
-	fi
-	cd "$HOME"/rpmbuild
-	# shellcheck disable=SC2002
-	cat "$TOPDIR"/subsurface/packaging/copr/subsurface.spec | sed "s/%define latestVersion.*/%define latestVersion $GITVERSION/;s/DESCRIPTION/$DESCRIPTION/;s/SUMMARY/$SUMMARY/" > SPECS/subsurface.spec
-	rpmbuild --verbose -bs "$(pwd)/SPECS/subsurface.spec"
-	copr build --nowait $REPO "$(pwd)/SRPMS/subsurface-$GITVERSION"-1.fc*.src.rpm
+if [[ "$1" = "current" ]] ; then
+	# this is a release
+	REPO="Subsurface"
+	SUMMARY="official Fedora RPMs from the Subsurface project"
+	DESCRIPTION="This is the current (or roughly 'weekly') Subsurface release build, provided by the Subsurface team, including our own custom libdivecomputer."
+else
+	REPO="Subsurface-test"
+	SUMMARY="rolling build of the latest development version of Subsurface"
+	DESCRIPTION="This is a 'daily' build of Subsurface, provided by the Subsurface team, based on the latest sources. The builds aren't always well tested."
 fi
+cd "$HOME"/rpmbuild
+# shellcheck disable=SC2002
+cat "$TOPDIR"/subsurface/packaging/copr/subsurface.spec | sed "s/%define latestVersion.*/%define latestVersion $GITVERSION/;s/DESCRIPTION/$DESCRIPTION/;s/SUMMARY/$SUMMARY/" > SPECS/subsurface.spec
+rpmbuild --verbose -bs "$(pwd)/SPECS/subsurface.spec"
+copr build --nowait $REPO "$(pwd)/SRPMS/subsurface-$GITVERSION"-1.fc*.src.rpm
diff --git a/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh b/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh
index cb168c57d..91e664833 100644
--- a/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh
+++ b/packaging/ubuntu/make-package.sh
@@ -118,12 +118,9 @@ fi
 
 cd ..
 
-if [[ "$1" = "post" ]] ; then
-	# daily vs. release
-	if [[ "$GITREVISION" == "" ]] ; then
-		# this is a release
-		dput ppa:subsurface/subsurface "$FOLDER-$rev"~*.changes
-	else
-		dput ppa:subsurface/subsurface-daily "$FOLDER-$rev"~*.changes
-	fi
+if [[ "$1" = "current" ]] ; then
+	# this is a current release
+	dput ppa:subsurface/subsurface "$FOLDER-$rev"~*.changes
+else
+	dput ppa:subsurface/subsurface-daily "$FOLDER-$rev"~*.changes
 fi