[SCM] Samba Shared Repository - branch v4-17-stable updated

[Jule Anger]

The branch, v4-17-stable has been updated
       via  fbec737d9d3 VERSION: Disable GIT_SNAPSHOT for the 4.17.0 release.
       via  c61c79fd8c8 WHATSNEW: Add release notes for Samba 4.17.0.
       via  ef5b28a2585 VERSION: Bump version up to Samba 4.17.0rc6...
      from  28b356ae82a VERSION: Disable GIT_SNAPSHOT for the 4.17.0rc5 release.

https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=shortlog;h=v4-17-stable


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Summary of changes:
 VERSION      |  2 +-
 WHATSNEW.txt | 17 ++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)


Changeset truncated at 500 lines:

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 50344235004..0709d888a3a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ SAMBA_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE=
 # e.g. SAMBA_VERSION_RC_RELEASE=1                      #
 #  ->  "3.0.0rc1"                                      #
 ########################################################
-SAMBA_VERSION_RC_RELEASE=5
+SAMBA_VERSION_RC_RELEASE=
 
 ########################################################
 # To mark SVN snapshots this should be set to 'yes'    #
diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index b060f2e5d09..128bf7230b3 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-Release Announcements
-=====================
+                   ==============================
+                   Release Notes for Samba 4.17.0
+                         September 13, 2022
+                   ==============================
 
-This is the fifth release candidate of Samba 4.17.  This is *not*
-intended for production environments and is designed for testing
-purposes only.  Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
-system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
 
-Samba 4.17 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
-
-
-UPGRADING
-=========
+This is the first stable release of the Samba 4.17 release series.
+Please read the release notes carefully before upgrading.
 
 
 NEW FEATURES/CHANGES


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