Improve release process

Signed-off-by: Fabio Di Fabio <fabio.difabio@consensys.net>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-128
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Pre-process Release Name
+        id: pre_process_release_name
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_NAME="${{ github.event.release.name }}"
+          # strip all whitespace
+          RELEASE_NAME="${RELEASE_NAME//[[:space:]]/}"
+          if [[ ! "$RELEASE_NAME" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(-.*)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Release name does not conform to a valid besu release format YY.M.v[-suffix], e.g. 24.8.0-RC1."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "RELEASE_NAME=$RELEASE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV  # Store in environment variable
+
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: 21
+          distribution: temurin
+
+      - name: Publish Java artifacts
+        run: ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} -Pversion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} publish
+        env:
+          CLOUDSMITH_USER: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_USER }}
+          CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Publish distribution artifacts
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv
+          ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} -Pversion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} cloudsmithUpload
+        env:
+          CLOUDSMITH_USER: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_USER }}
+          CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU for Docker
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+        with:
+          platforms: arm64
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+        with:
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+
+      - name: Check Dockerfile syntax
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/Dockerfile
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub for self hosted
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PAT_RW }}
+
+      - name: Build and Publish Docker Image
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} -Pversion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} -Pdocker-platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 distDocker

.github/workflows/workflow.yaml

@@ -25,19 +25,8 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 21
           distribution: temurin
 
-      - name: Cache Gradle dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.gradle/caches
-            ~/.gradle/wrapper
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/versions.gradle') }}-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/versions.gradle') }}
-            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
-
       - name: Spotless
-        run: ./gradlew clean spotlessCheck
+        run: ./gradlew spotlessCheck
 
       - name: Test & Build
         run: ./gradlew build
@@ -71,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
 
       - name: Publish Java artifacts
-        run: ./gradlew publish -x checkLicense
+        run: ./gradlew publish
         env:
           CLOUDSMITH_USER: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_USER }}
           CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY }}
@@ -80,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv
-          ./gradlew cloudsmithUpload -x checkLicense
+          ./gradlew cloudsmithUpload
         env:
           CLOUDSMITH_USER: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_USER }}
           CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY }}
@@ -107,4 +96,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build and Publish Docker Image
         run: |
-          ./gradlew -Pdocker-platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 distDocker -x checkLicense
+          ./gradlew -Pdocker-platform=linux/amd64,linux/arm64 distDocker