Prep for 2.20.0

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

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

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ a pure JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#1462: Deprecate `URL`-taking factory method of `JsonFactory`
-
-2.20.0-rc1 (04-Aug-2025)
+2.20.0 (28-Aug-2025)
 
 #1438: `ParserBase.close()` does not clear `_currToken`
 #1441: Add `StreamReadFeature.CLEAR_CURRENT_TOKEN_ON_CLOSE` (default: true)
 #1448: Upgrade `FastDoubleParser` to 2.0.1
- (contributed by @pjfanning)
+ (contributed by @pjfanning)-
+#1462: Deprecate `URL`-taking factory method of `JsonFactory`
 - Generate SBOMs [JSTEP-14]
 
 2.19.2 (18-Jul-2025)