I think you've been somewhat unlucky. I've been releasing some code on Maven Central for a while, and while original setup did take some time and was a bit conf

I think you've been somewhat unlucky. I've been releasing some code on Maven Central for a while, and while original setup did take some time and was a bit confusing at times, once all keys were in place deploy works with a couple of short steps. It is true the packages do not appear immediately, but I imagine serving this much content requires heavy caching, so I can understand that, and the wait times aren't that outrageous either. That said, would be interesting what Github's effort comes to. It's always better to have alternatives.