Start 2.17 branch

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ on:
     branches:
     - master
     - "3.0"
-    - "2.16"
+    - "2.17"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
     - "3.0"
-    - "2.16"
+    - "2.17"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"

pom.xml

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <!-- this is one of few Jackson modules that depends on parent and NOT jackson-bom -->
     <artifactId>jackson-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16</version>
+    <version>2.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-annotations</name>
-  <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Core annotations used for value types, used by Jackson data binding package.
   </description>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ NOTE: Annotations module will never contain changes in patch versions,
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.17.0 (not yet released)
+
+-
+
 2.16.0 (15-Nov-2023)
 
 #223: Add new `OptBoolean` valued property in `@JsonTypeInfo` to allow