Prepare for 2.9.6

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.6</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-modules-java8</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.9.6 (not yet released)
+2.9.6 (12-Jun-2018)
 
 #65: Use `DeserializationContext.handleWeirdXxxValue()` for datetime deserializers
  (contributed by Semyon L)