Merge branch '2.18' into 2.19

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ No changes since 2.18.0
  (contributed by @pjfanning)
 - Upgrade Woodstox to 7.0.0 (dependency fixes)
 
+2.17.3 (01-Nov-2024)
+
+No changes since 2.17.2
+
 2.17.2 (05-Jul-2024)
 
 #657: Nesting depth in `XmlReadContext` is not incremented/decremented on