Merge branch '2.x' into 3.x

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Trigger downstream builds for v2
     needs: [build]
     # Only for pushes to default branch
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == '2.x' }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger_dep_builds_v2.yml
     secrets:
       token: ${{ secrets.REPO_DISPATCH }}

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ a pure JSON library.
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.19.0-rc2 (07-Apr-2025)
+2.20.0 (not yet released)
+
+-
+
+2.19.0 (24-Apr-2025)
 
 #633: Allow skipping `RS` CTRL-CHAR to support JSON Text Sequences
  (requested by Yanming Z)