Prep for 2.19.0-rc2

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-rc2</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.19.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Jackson-dataformat-XML</name>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Data format extension for Jackson to offer

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Project: jackson-dataformat-xml
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.19.0 (not yet released)
+2.19.0-rc (07-Apr-2025)
 
 #700: Unify testing structure/tools [JSTEP-10]
  (fix contributed by Joo Hyuk K)