Prepare for first Maven Central release: groupId io.github.beast2-dev, beast 2.8.0-beta4

Author: alexeid

RELEASING.md

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+# Releasing BEASTLabs to Maven Central
+
+Pushing a `v*` tag triggers the `ci-publish.yml` workflow, which
+derives the Maven version from the tag, builds, tests, GPG-signs, and
+auto-publishes to Maven Central.
+
+## Pre-tag checklist
+
+1. **`version.xml`** -- update the `version` attribute to match the release.
+
+2. **`pom.xml`** -- ensure `beast.version` points to a published beast3 release.
+
+3. **Commit** the above changes to master.
+
+## Tag and release
+
+```bash
+git tag v2.1.0
+git push origin v2.1.0
+```
+
+Monitor the workflow run at:
+https://github.com/BEAST2-Dev/BEASTLabs/actions/workflows/ci-publish.yml
+
+## After release
+
+Verify the artifacts appear on Maven Central:
+https://central.sonatype.com/namespace/io.github.beast2-dev
+
+## Secrets required (GitHub Actions)
+
+Stored as BEAST2-Dev **org-level** secrets so all repos can share them:
+
+| Secret | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `GPG_PRIVATE_KEY` | `gpg --armor --export-secret-keys <KEY_ID>` |
+| `GPG_PASSPHRASE` | Passphrase for the GPG key |
+| `CENTRAL_USERNAME` | Sonatype Central Portal token username |
+| `CENTRAL_TOKEN` | Sonatype Central Portal token password |
+
+Generate Sonatype tokens at https://central.sonatype.com/account

pom.xml

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          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>io.github.compevol</groupId>
+    <groupId>io.github.beast2-dev</groupId>
     <artifactId>beast-labs</artifactId>
     <version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
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         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.release>25</maven.compiler.release>
 
-        <beast.version>2.8.0-beta2</beast.version>
+        <beast.version>2.8.0-beta4</beast.version>
         <javafx.version>25.0.2</javafx.version>
         <beast.module>beast.base</beast.module>
         <beast.main>beast.base.minimal.BeastMain</beast.main>