Merge branch '2.19' into 3.x

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/dep_build_v3.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: Re-build on jackson-databind v3 push
 on:
   repository_dispatch:
     types: [jackson-databind-pushed-v3]
-  # just for testing
-  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
       with:
-        ref: master
+        ref: 3.x
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@99b8673ff64fbf99d8d325f52d9a5bdedb8483e9 # v4.2.1
       with:
@@ -31,5 +29,3 @@ jobs:
         cache: 'maven'
     - name: Build and test
       run: ./mvnw -B -ff -ntp -Dversion.kotlin=${{ matrix.kotlin_version }} clean verify
-
-# No recursive rebuild (yet?)

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@ name: Build and Deploy Snapshot
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-    - master
-    - "3.0"
+    - 3.x
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
   pull_request:
     branches:
-    - master
-    - "3.0"
+    - 3.x
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Co-maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.19.0 (not yet released)
+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`,