Start 2.19 branch

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ on:
     branches:
     - master
     - "3.0"
-    - "2.18"
+    - "2.19"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
     - "3.0"
-    - "2.18"
+    - "2.19"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"

pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ a pure JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.19.0 (not yet released)
+
+-
+
 2.18.0 (26-Sep-2024)
 
 #223: `UTF8JsonGenerator` writes supplementary characters as a surrogate pair: