diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bc6f3c..5556bcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -183,13 +183,7 @@ def destroy(project):
 ## Release
 
 ```
-adjust version no in build.py to release version no.
-git commit -am "release"
-git tag -am "release" [release version no]
-git push --follow-tags
-increase version no in build.py
-git commit -am "version bump"
-git push
+pyb lint [dev|patch|minor|major] prepare_release publish tag_bump_and_push_release upload
 pip3 install --upgrade --user ddadevops
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 82a2dde..0865abb 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ use_plugin("python.distutils")
 
 #use_plugin("python.install_dependencies")
 
-default_task = "publish"
+default_task = "dev"
 
 name = "ddadevops"
 MODULE = "not-used"
 PROJECT_ROOT_PATH = "."
-version = "4.0.0-dev72"
+version = "4.0.0-dev73"
 summary = "tools to support builds combining gopass, terraform, dda-pallet, aws & hetzner-cloud"
 description = __doc__
 authors = [Author("meissa GmbH", "buero@meissa-gmbh.de")]
@@ -111,13 +111,38 @@ def lint(project):
 
 @task
 def patch(project):
-    build = get_devops_build(project)
-    build.update_release_type("PATCH")
-    #build.prepare_release()
-    test(project)
-    lint(project)
-    #build.tag_bump_and_push_release()
+    build(project, "PATCH")
+
+@task
+def minor(project):
+    build(project, "MINOR")
+
+@task
+def major(project):
+    build(project, "MAJOR")
+    
+@task
+def dev(project):
+    build(project, "NONE")
 
 @task
 def nothing(project):
     pass
+
+@task
+def prepare_release(project):
+    build = get_devops_build(project)
+    build.prepare_release()
+
+@task
+def tag_bump_and_push_release(project):
+    build = get_devops_build(project)
+    build.tag_bump_and_push_release()
+
+
+def build(project, release_type):
+    build = get_devops_build(project)
+    # TODO: release_type is here a string!
+    build.update_release_type(release_type)
+    test(project)
+    lint(project)