improve: release process (#2861)

see details: https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-maven/#usage
see sample also here: https://github.com/teamlead/java-maven-sonatype-starter/tree/master

Signed-off-by: Attila Mészáros <a_meszaros@apple.com>

Author: csviri

.github/workflows/release-project-in-dir.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 17
           distribution: temurin
           cache: 'maven'
+          server-id: central
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
 
       - name: Change version to release version
         # Assume that RELEASE_VERSION will have form like: "v1.0.1". So we cut the "v"
@@ -37,15 +42,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
-      - name: Release Maven package
-        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1
-        with:
-          maven_profiles: "release"
-          maven_args: ${{ env.MAVEN_ARGS }}
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-          nexus_username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
+        run: mvn package deploy -Prelease
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
   # This is separate job because there were issues with git after release step, was not able to commit changes.
   update-working-version:

.github/workflows/snapshot-releases.yml

@@ -33,14 +33,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Java and Maven
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
+          distribution: temurin
           cache: 'maven'
-      - name: Release Maven package
-        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1
-        with:
-          maven_profiles: "release"
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-          nexus_username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+          server-id: central
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+
+      - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
+        run: mvn package deploy -Prelease
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}

pom.xml

@@ -544,14 +544,15 @@
             </executions>
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+            <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>0.8.0</version>
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <configuration>
-              <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-              <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-              <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+              <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+              <tokenAuth>true</tokenAuth>
+              <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+              <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>