[筆記] 如何把你的open source 專案 納入maven central repo

要如何把你的open source 專案 納入maven central repo呢？常在很多open source 專案的parent pom.xml看到這樣的設定：

 <parent>
    <groupid>org.sonatype.oss</groupid>
    <artifactid>oss-parent</artifactid>
    <version>7</version>
  </parent>

原來這就是把專案加入maven repository 的方式，現在maven central repository 是由sonatype這個組織在管理，關於sonatype的介紹如下：

sonatype OSSRH (OSS Repository Hosting Service) uses Nexus to provide Maven repository hosting service for open source projects: https://oss.sonatype.org/. You can deploy snapshots, stage releases, and promote your releases so they will be synced to The Central Repository. All you need to do is to sign up a Sonatype JIRA account, create a JIRA ticket and make some POM/settings configuration. This document will guide you step by step for the details.

參考這份文件Sonatype OSS Maven Repository Usage Guide，步驟如下：

1. 決定你Release 的 License

2. 申請一個Sonatype JIRA account

3. Create a JIRA ticket

4. 設定要deploy 到哪個repository