fix: on the path to fixing publishing to maven central (#648)

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish to GitHub Packages
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    paths-ignore:
-      - docs/**
-env:
-  ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_KEY }}
-  ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingPassword: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: 'adopt'
-          java-version: '21'
-      - name: Publish to GitHub Packages
-        uses: burrunan/gradle-cache-action@v1
-        with:
-          gradle-version: wrapper
-          arguments: publishAllPublicationsToGithubPackagesRepository
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ on:
     types:
       - prereleased
       - released
-env:
-  ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_KEY }}
-  ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingPassword: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
 jobs:
-  publish-to-nexus:
+  publish-to-maven-central:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -20,9 +17,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: burrunan/gradle-cache-action@v1
         with:
           gradle-version: wrapper
-          arguments: publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
+          arguments: publishAndReleaseToMavenCentral
           properties: |
+            SONATYPE_AUTOMATIC_RELEASE=true
             release=true
         env:
-          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypeUsername: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
-          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_sonatypePassword: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_mavenCentralUsername: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_mavenCentralPassword: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKey: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_SIGNING_KEY }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKeyId: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_SIGNING_KEY_ID }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKeyPassword: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_SIGNING_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}