Release of v17.0.0-RC1

[mattlord]

This release is scheduled for: Tuesday 6th of June 2023.

Pre-Release

• [x]  Notify the community on Slack a few days prior to code freeze.
• [x] Follow pre-release instructions from release documentation.
• [x] Add the Backport to: release-17.0 label
• [x] Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/issues/13139
• [x] Clean up deprecated flags
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13141
• PRs to verify are merged (can override and merge some after code freeze if needed)
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13171
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13161
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13121
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13131
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13127
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13195
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/12934
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13213
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13197
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13242
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13130
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13237
  • [ ] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/12873 (Non-blocking)
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13156 (Non-blocking)
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13241
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13150
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13233
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13239
• Vitess Operator PRs to verify before RC-1 of operator
  • [x] https://github.com/planetscale/vitess-operator/pull/427

Release

• [x] Follow the release instructions for release candidates: here
  • [x] Merge: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13211
• [x] On the Vitess website repository, create a v18.0 directory and update the sidebar.
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/website/pull/1491
• [x] On website docs menu, change v17.0 from Development -> Release Candidate.
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/website/pull/1491
• [x] Merge the 17.0.0 release notes on main.
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13248
• [x] Move the release-17.0 branch back to dev mode
  • [x] https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/13249
• [x] Release the operator, v2.10.0-rc1
  • [x] https://github.com/planetscale/vitess-operator/pull/429
  • [x] https://github.com/planetscale/vitess-operator/pull/430

Post-RC1-Release

• [x] Notify the community on Slack.
• [x] Merge website PR
• [x] Tweet both vitess release and operator release

[frouioui]

This issue will close:

• https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/issues/12351
• https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/issues/12352

[mattlord]

All planned/known work is done! ❤️