Merge branch '2.19'

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/*"

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Active maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.18.0 (not yet released)
+2.18.0 (26-Sep-2024)
 
 #167: (avro) Incompatibility with Avro >=1.9.0 (upgrade to Avro 1.11.3)
  (reported by @Sage-Pierce)