[GEODE-6048] ./gradlew build install should work by default on release branches

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.0
• Component/s: build
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Owen Nichols
• Created: 13/Nov/18 23:55
• Updated: 09/Sep/19 16:42
• Resolved: 09/Sep/19 16:42

Description

due to a post-1.7 refactoring we no longer use the nexus plugin, which was smart enough not to try to sign artifacts if signing key is not provided

we should emulate that same behavior again so anyone can do a build on any branch at any time

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2847