Release of v17.0.0-RC1

[mattlord]

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

Pre-Release

•  Notify the community on Slack a few days prior to code freeze.
• Follow pre-release instructions from release documentation.
• Add the Backport to: release-17.0 label
• Make sure the release notes summary is prepared and clean
  • Prepare v17.0.0 release notes summary #13139
• Clean up deprecated flags
  • Remove enable-query-plan-field-caching flag that was deprecated in v15 #13141
• PRs to verify are merged (can override and merge some after code freeze if needed)
  • VReplication: Pass on --keep_routing_rules flag value for Cancel action #13171
  • VReplication: Handle reference tables in sharded->sharded MoveTables #13161
  • Schema Tracking Refactor: Merge schema-tracking in health-streamer into schema.Engine #13121
  • VTGate StreamExecute rpc to return session as response #13131
  • enable settings pool by default #13127
  • Tablet throttler: be explicit about client app name, exempt some apps from checks and heartbeat renewals #13195
  • Gen4: move insert planner to gen4 #12934
    • [release-17.0] Gen4: move insert planner to gen4 (#12934) #13213
  • Augmenting the GetSchema RPC to also work for Table and All type of input #13197
    • [release-17.0] Augmenting the GetSchema RPC to also work for Table and All type of input (#13197) #13242
  • Tablet throttler: throttler-config-via-topo defaults 'true', deprecation message for old flags #13130
    • Backport #13130: Tablet throttler: throttler-config-via-topo defaults 'true', deprecation message for old flags #13237
  • Miscellaneous code modifications based on observations made while doing a code walkthrough #12873 (Non-blocking)
  • Incremental backup and point in time recovery for XtraBackup  #13156 (Non-blocking)
    • [release-17.0] Incremental backup and point in time recovery for XtraBackup (#13156) #13241
  • [ci] add generator for templated flag testdata #13150
    • [release-17.0] [ci] add generator for templated flag testdata (#13150) #13233
  • [release-17.0] VReplication: More intelligently manage vschema table entries on unsharded targets (#13220) #13239
• Vitess Operator PRs to verify before RC-1 of operator
  • Upgrade Vitess Dependency to Latest planetscale/vitess-operator#427

Release

• Follow the release instructions for release candidates: here
  • Merge: Release of v17.0.0-rc1 #13211
• On the Vitess website repository, create a v18.0 directory and update the sidebar.
  • Update website docs for v17.0.0-rc1 release website#1491
• On website docs menu, change v17.0 from Development -> Release Candidate.
  • Update website docs for v17.0.0-rc1 release website#1491
• Merge the 17.0.0 release notes on main.
  • Copy v17.0.0-rc changelog to main #13248
• Move the release-17.0 branch back to dev mode
  • Back to dev mode #13249
• Release the operator, v2.10.0-rc1
  • New release 2.10.0-rc1 planetscale/vitess-operator#429
  • Update main post v17 planetscale/vitess-operator#430

Post-RC1-Release

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

[frouioui]

This issue will close:

• v17.0.0 RC-1 Code Freeze #12351
• v17.0.0 RC-1 #12352

[mattlord]

All planned/known work is done! ❤️