Prep for 3.0.0-rc3

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>tools.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-rc3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-rc3</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <links combine.children="append">
-	    <!-- 13-Feb-2025, tatu: Need to update on 3.0.0-rc1 release! -->
+	    <!-- 13-Feb-2025, tatu: Need to update on 3.0.0-rcX release? -->
             <link>https://javadoc.io/doc/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-annotations/latest</link>
             <link>https://javadoc.io/doc/tools.jackson.core/jackson-core/latest</link>
           </links>

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -5,28 +5,22 @@ Versions: 3.x (for earlier see VERSION-2.x)
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-3.0.0-rc3 (not yet released)
+3.0.0-rc3 (13-Apr-2025)
 
 #4603: Keep full stacktrace when re-throwing exception with
   `DatabindException` during deserialization
  (fixed by Joo-Hyuk K)
+#5032: Move `jackson-datatype-jsr310` module into `jackson-databind` and
+  rename `JavaTimeFeature` from `jackson-datatype-jsr310` module as `DateTimeFeature`
+ (implemented by @pjfanning)
 #5065: Change default for `DateTimeFeature.ONE_BASED_MONTHS` to `true` in 3.0
 #5066: Move date/time `SerializationFeature`s into `DateTimeFeature` (3.0)
 #5067: Move date/time `DeserializationFeature`s into `DateTimeFeature` (3.0)
-- Branch rename "master" -> "3.x" [JSTEP-12]
 #5080: Move Enum-related SerializationFeatures into EnumFeature (3.0)
  (contributed by Joo-Hyuk K)
 #5079: Move Enum-related DeserializationFeatures into EnumFeature (3.0)
  (contributed by Joo-Hyuk K)
-
-3.0.0-rc3 (not yet released)
-
-#2083: Replace Reflection usage with `MethodHandle` (3.0)
- (requested by @re-thc)
- (implemented by Steven S)
-#5032: Move `jackson-datatype-jsr310` module into `jackson-databind` and
-  rename `JavaTimeFeature` from `jackson-datatype-jsr310` module as `DateTimeFeature`
- (implemented by @pjfanning)
+- Branch rename "master" -> "3.x" [JSTEP-12]
 
 3.0.0-rc2 (28-Mar-2025)