Release 3.0.0-rc.1 (#364)

## Release `3.0.0-rc.1`

Version bump and changelog update for release `3.0.0-rc.1`.

**Changelog draft:**
* Improve concurrent database access
([#361](#361))
* Remove legacy SQLite driver
([#358](#358))

**Full changelog:**
v2.2.23...release/v3.0.0-rc.1

## Next steps

1. **Review** the changes in this pull request.
2. **Push** any additional edits to this branch (`release/v3.0.0-rc.1`).
3. **Merge** this pull request to complete the release.

Merging will automatically build the plugin ZIP and create a [GitHub
release](https://github.com/WordPress/sqlite-database-integration/releases).

> [!NOTE]
> This is a **pre-release**. It will not be deployed to
[WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sqlite-database-integration/).

Author: JanJakes

packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/version.php

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
  *
  * This constant needs to be updated on plugin release!
  */
-define( 'SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION', '2.2.23' );
+define( 'SQLITE_DRIVER_VERSION', '3.0.0-rc.1' );

packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/load.php

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugin Name: SQLite Database Integration
  * Description: SQLite database driver drop-in.
  * Author: The WordPress Team
- * Version: 2.2.23
+ * Version: 3.0.0-rc.1
  * Requires PHP: 7.2
  * Textdomain: sqlite-database-integration
  *

packages/plugin-sqlite-database-integration/readme.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Contributors:      wordpressdotorg, aristath, janjakes, zieladam, berislav.grgic
 Requires at least: 6.4
 Tested up to:      6.9
 Requires PHP:      7.2
-Stable tag:        2.2.23
+Stable tag:        3.0.0-rc.1
 License:           GPLv2 or later
 License URI:       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 Tags:              performance, database
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ with SQLite syntax and behavior.
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 3.0.0-rc.1 =
+
+* Improve concurrent database access ([#361](https://github.com/WordPress/sqlite-database-integration/pull/361))
+* Remove legacy SQLite driver ([#358](https://github.com/WordPress/sqlite-database-integration/pull/358))
+
 = 2.2.23 =
 
 * Add Query Monitor 4.0 support ([#357](https://github.com/WordPress/sqlite-database-integration/pull/357))