Prep for 3.0.0-rc3

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>tools.jackson</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-rc3</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>tools.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Former maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-3.0.0-rc3 (not yet released)
+3.0.0-rc3 (13-Apr-2025)
 
 #887: Change 3.0 to use `module-info.java` directly [JSTEP-11]
 - Branch rename "master" -> "3.x" [JSTEP-12]