Fix Maven Publishing (#31)

* maven publish fix

* cleanup

* minor refactoring

* lol

build.gradle

@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ static boolean isSnapshot(String inferredVersion) {
     inferredVersion.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT") || inferredVersion.contains("-dev.") || inferredVersion.contains(".dev.")
 }
 
+// sonatype doesn't support gradle module metadata (gradle 6 auto feature) yet
+// see https://discuss.gradle.org/t/unable-to-publish-artifact-to-mavencentral/33727
+tasks.withType(GenerateModuleMetadata) {
+    enabled = false
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
@@ -267,7 +273,7 @@ publishing {
             artifact scaladocJar
             pom {
                 name = 'warp-core'
-                description = 'A library for scientific performance testing.'
+                project.description = 'A library for scientific performance testing.'
                 url = 'https://workday.github.io/warp-core/'
                 licenses {
                     license {