2.1 static version

[Luke Palmer]

Hello,

I've created a pull request that does several things I think are low-risk:

1. Create a 2.1 RC1 version

2. Bump a bunch of dependency versions including Jackson

3. Add deprecation annotations in places where the underlying Java driver has them

Would one of the admins please consider deploying this RC version to maven central?  I'm happy to do it as well if it's appropriate for me to be given those permissions.

My motivation for the change is so that users in corporate environments that prohibit snapshots may take advantage of 2.1.  The biggest issue with 2.0 is that there is much funny behavior when incorporating mongojack into projects that use a newer jackson version.

Thanks

Luke

[SL]

Hello, Any idea when 2.1 will be available on Maven? Right now the latest I can find on Maven or via a standalone jar is 2.0.0-RC5. 

Would be great to have the updated version.

Thanks,

Sivan.