Removing the release plugin in favour of the new process with branches (

hyperledger#1843)

* removing the release plugin (& jenkinsfiles)and added a buildAlias


Signed-off-by: Adrian Sutton <adrian.sutton@consensys.net>

build.gradle

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ plugins {
   id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.8.RELEASE'
   id 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh' version '0.4.8' apply false
   id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '0.8.1'
-  id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.8.1'
 }
 
 if (!JavaVersion.current().java11Compatible) {
@@ -583,27 +582,6 @@ def getCheckedOutGitCommitHash() {
   refHead.text.trim().take takeFromHash
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'net.researchgate.release'
-
-task releaseIntegrationTest(type: Test) {
-  for (TaskContainer taskList : subprojects.tasks) {
-    def subProjectIntegrationTask = taskList.findByName('integrationTest')
-
-    if (subProjectIntegrationTask != null) {
-      dependsOn subProjectIntegrationTask
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-task releaseReferenceTest(type: Test, dependsOn: [
-  ':ethereum:core:referenceTests',
-  ':ethereum:rlp:referenceTests',
-  ':ethereum:trie:referenceTests'
-]) {
-}
-
-task releaseAcceptanceTest(type: Test, dependsOn: ':acceptance-tests:acceptanceTest') {}
-
 tasks.register("verifyDistributions") {
   dependsOn distTar
   dependsOn distZip
@@ -622,25 +600,6 @@ tasks.register("verifyDistributions") {
   }
 }
 
-
-release {
-  preTagCommitMessage = '[Gradle Release Plugin] - pre tag commit: '
-  tagCommitMessage = '[Gradle Release Plugin] - creating tag: '
-  newVersionCommitMessage = '[Gradle Release Plugin] - new version commit: '
-  buildTasks = [
-    'build',
-    'releaseIntegrationTest',
-    'releaseAcceptanceTest',
-    'releaseReferenceTest',
-    'checkLicenses',
-    'javadoc'
-  ]
-
-  git {
-    requireBranch = project.hasProperty('release.branch') ? project.property('release.branch') : 'master'
-  }
-}
-
 bintray {
   user = bintrayUser
   key = bintrayKey
@@ -659,6 +618,5 @@ bintray {
 
 build.dependsOn verifyDistributions
 bintrayUpload.dependsOn verifyDistributions
-afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn bintrayUpload
 bintrayUpload.mustRunAfter(distTar)
 bintrayUpload.mustRunAfter(distZip)