[gdal-dev] gdal jar in maven central

[Justin Deoliveira]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
wrote:

> > Right, there are a few steps involved. The easiest vector that I have
> seen
> > for open source projects  is to utilize the Sonatype OSSRH repositories
> > (which provide sync to maven central). The full process is described
> here.
> >
> >   http://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html#review-requirements
> >
> > To sum it up though, here is what I think would be required for gdal.
> >
> > 1. Create a pom for the gdal jar that adheres to these requirements:
> >
> >
> > http://central.sonatype.org/pages/requirements.html#sufficient-metadata
> >
> > 2. Have a developer set up an OSSRH account and do the initial setup.
> >
> >      http://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html#initial-setup
> >
> > 3. For each release build the gdal jar (along with it's source and
> javadoc
> > artifacts) and GPG sign them.
> >
> >
> >
> http://central.sonatype.org/pages/requirements.html#sign-files-with-gpgpgp
> >
> >    Then deploy all the jars/signatures to the OSSRH staging repositories.
> > This will eventually sync them to maven central.
> >
> >
> > Again I'm happy to volunteer to do these steps if there aren't any
> > developers on the project that want the extra hassle. Do the java
> bindings
> > have a dedicated maintainer at this point?
>
> I've somehow taken that hat on, but I've currently no real incentive to do
> work in the Java area, so I'm happy if you want to take care of that
> aspect.
> Beyond the initial setup, it would be great if the steps that need to be
> taken
> at each release are documented in our HOWTO-RELEASE document (at the root
> of
> the source tree) so that anyone not familiar with Java/maven/Sonatype OSSRH
> can follow the steps in a rather brainless mode.
>
> Sure thing. I haven't done much with swig or anything aside from compiling
the bindings, but happy to learn as tasks come up.

So how about for a start I work toward deploying the latest stable release
(1.11.2) jar into maven central. As part of that process I'll document the
steps required and prepare a patch for HOWTO-RELEASE. Will that work?


> >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Even
> > > > >
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