building the debian package

git checkout upstream
git merge 6.x-1.0-rc4
git checkout debian
git merge upstream
dch -i
git-buildpackage --git-tag -kanarcat@koumbit.org

Building a branch package

git checkout upstream
git merge 6.x-1.x
git checkout debian
git merge upstream
git describe
dch -v 1.0-rc3+28-1
git-buildpackage --git-tag -kanarcat@koumbit.org

Installing packages manually

dpkg -i aegir-provision_1.0~rc3+g6632e6e-1_all.deb

We also make sure our custom makefile fetches the right one from provision:

-includes[aegir] = "http://drupalcode.org/project/provision.git/blob_plain/6.x-1.0-rc3:/aegir.make"
+includes[aegir] = "http://drupalcode.org/project/provision.git/blob_plain/6.x-1.x:/aegir.make"