o correct scm element. we will build the tesla distribution as close to a stock maven build as we can but we can't rely on the release cycles at apache and we want to able to turn around builds and fixes as fast as possible.
o look for the properites in maven-artifact and not in maven-core. during testing the pom.properties is not present because it's created by the JAR plugin.
o look for the io.tesla.maven groupId