Merge branch '2.x' into 3.x

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/dep_build_v2.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
       JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      with:
+        ref: 2.x
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@c5195efecf7bdfc987ee8bae7a71cb8b11521c00 # v4.7.1
       with:

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 name: Build and Deploy Snapshot
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-    - 3.x
+    branches: [3.*]
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-    - 3.x
+    branches: [3.*]
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ Co-maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.19.0 (not yet released)
+2.20.0 (not yet released)
+
+-
+
+2.19.0 (24-Apr-2025)
 
 #959: Extension functions has been added to simplify `configOverride` calls to `ObjectMapper` and `Module.SetupContext`.
 #954: Replaced `OptBoolean` of internal caching with a common implementation.
@@ -26,9 +30,6 @@ Co-maintainers:
   A `RuntimeJsonMappingException` will be thrown in case of inconsistency.
   This fixes a problem that broke `Kotlin` null safety by reading null as a value even if the type parameter was specified as non-null.
   It also checks for custom errors in ObjectMapper that cause a different value to be read than the specified type parameter.
-
-2.19.0-rc2 (07-Apr-2025)
-
 #929: Added consideration of `JsonProperty.isRequired` added in `2.19` in `hasRequiredMarker` processing.
   Previously `JsonProperty.required` was defined as `Boolean` with default `false`,
   so `KotlinModule` was forced to override it if the value was `false`.