HOWTO: Performing a Release

Execute the following steps to perform a release:

Prereq: Add sonatype server information to your maven settings.xml

<servers>
   <server>
     <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
       <username>###USERNAME###</username>
       <password>###PASSWORD###</password>
   </server>
   <server>
     <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
       <username>###USERNAME###</username>
       <password>###PASSWORD###</password>
   </server>
 </servers>

1. Run 'mvn release:clean'
2. Run 'mvn release:prepare -Darguments=-Dgpg.passphrase=###GPG_PASSPHRASE###'

• Choose release version (by default, it'll be your current SNAPSHOT version)
• Choose next version (by default, it'll be the next SNAPSHOT version)

3. Run 'mvn release:perform -Darguments=-Dgpg.passphrase=###GPG_PASSPHRASE###'
4. Login at https://oss.sonatype.org/
5. Click 'Staging Repositories'
6. Search for 'finra'
7. Choose 'org.finra-###' and click 'Close'
8. Enter release description in the popup and submit
9. Refresh
10. Choose 'org.finra-###' and click 'Release'
11. Enter release description in the popup and submit
12. You should have received 2 e-mail notifications

• Staging Completed
• Promotion Completed

13. Active sync to Maven Central Repo should already be activated so you will see the artifact within the next 24 hours.