This post is a list of my OSS process for open source java projects.

CI

for CI integrations, I use Travis CI, easy to set up and link to github. just add a.travis.yml with the content below and your done (I am using maven and provide a pom.xml). pushing to githubwill start the build.

language: java
jdk:
- oraclejdk8

Sonatype

I just list the steps. read this for more info : OSSRH Guide

1. create a sonatype jira account and create a new project ticket. (it takes about two budiness days, but for my project, it was done in one day)

2. create a pgp signature : dealing with PGP signatures

   1. download gpg from : https://www.gnupg.org/download/ (you'll find binaries at the bottom of the page)
   2. in a command promp gpg 2--gen-key and answer the questions
   3. gpg2 --list-keys to list your keys
   4. publish your key  gpg2 --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --send-keys XXXXXXX

3. update your pom.xml to contain all the requirements

4. login to https://oss.sonatype.org and get your account key (in your profile, access user account key

5. add your user account key in your maven settings.xml (so that your password is not hardcoded.

6. first release with  mvn clean deploy -P release if you have created a release profile in yourpom.xml

7. add a comment on your jira issue to activate the sync process to the Central Repository

Then Create a releases and Snapshots

Deploy Snapshots with

mvn clean deploy

snapshots will be liste here https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/

Release With

mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=x.x.x mvn clean deploy -P release

to see if the release was accepted you can login to here oss.sonatype.org and check if you have sthg in your staging reprositories or searhc on your artifacts, or check here search.maven.org/