Preparing release 1.17.1

Author: sgeulette

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-1.17.1 (unreleased)
+1.17.1 (2026-03-26)
 -------------------
 
 - Made gha and tests run again.

setup.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
-version = "1.17.1.dev0"
+version = "1.17.1"
 
 long_description = (
     open("README.rst").read() + "\n" + "Contributors\n"