Prep for 2.20.0-rc1

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ a pure JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.20.0 (not yet released)
+2.20.0-rc1 (04-Aug-2025)
 
 #1438: `ParserBase.close()` does not clear `_currToken`
 #1441: Add `StreamReadFeature.CLEAR_CURRENT_TOKEN_ON_CLOSE` (default: true)