Merge pull request #17 from broadinstitute/vrr_improve_readme

Adds pointer to the Picard project instructions to set-up sonatype an…

README.md

@@ -6,31 +6,48 @@ It allows Java code to call Heng Li's bwa mem aligner.
 
 To build you'll need gmake, git, gcc, and Java 8.
 
-To build and install a snapshot locally:
+#### To build and install a snapshot locally:
 
 ```
 ./gradlew install
 ```
 
 This will work for testing but will only include a native library for your system.
 
-To upload a snapshot from a Broad Institute OSX machine with both OSX and Linux binaries:
+#### To upload a snapshot from a Broad Institute OSX machine with both OSX and Linux binaries:
 ```
 commit your changes and push your branch to github
 scripts/build_both_dylib_and_so.sh
 ./gradlew uploadArchives printVersion
 ```
 
-To upload to maven central
+#### To upload to maven central 
+
+First follow the one-time setup instruction post on the [Picard project Wiki page](https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/wiki/How-to-release-Picard#one-time-setup-tasks). You can ignore the last part about setting up sudo rights on picard02.
+
+Then do the following:
+
 ```
 commit your changes and push your branch to github
 git tag -a -s <version>
 ./gradlew clean
 scripts/build_both_dylib_and_so.sh
 ./gradlew uploadArchive -Drelease=true
 ```
+Then you need to finalize the release to maven central:
+
+ * Go to [https://oss.sonatype.org/#stagingRepositories](https://oss.sonatype.org/#stagingRepositories), logging in if necessary. If you don't see anything, click "refresh".
+
+ * Find the release you just uploaded. It will probably be at the bottom with a name like comgithubbroadinstitute-1027, with your user ID listed as owner.
+
+ * Check the box next to your release, then select "close". Press the refresh button repeatedly until it updates and its status says "closed".
+
+ * Select your release again and click "release". Select the box to "automatically drop" in the pop-up confirmation dialog.
+
+It may take ~30-180 minutes for the new release to show up on the maven central.
+
+#### To use this JNI binding on another architecture for which we don't provide a binary:
 
-To use this JNI binding on another architecture for which we don't provide a binary:
   Go into ```src/main/c```.
   Modify the Makefile to produce a library name appropriate to your system.
   Type ```make``` (you'll need gmake, git, and gcc).