Prep for 3.0.0-rc1

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>tools.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>tools.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-3.0.0 (not yet released)
+3.0.0-rc1 (07-Mar-2025)
 
 #52: Change 3.0 to use `module-info.java` directly [JSTEP-11]
 - Minimum Java baseline: Java 17