[ReleaseNote] Add release note for v0.17.0rc1 (#7240)

### What this PR does / why we need it?
This pull request adds the release notes for `v0.17.0rc1`. It also
updates version numbers across various documentation files, including
`README.md`, `README.zh.md`,
`docs/source/community/versioning_policy.md`, and `docs/source/conf.py`
to reflect the new release.

- vLLM version: v0.17.0
- vLLM main:
4034c3d32e
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Mengqing Cao
2026-03-15 22:47:47 +08:00
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@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ The table below is the release compatibility matrix for vLLM Ascend release.
| vLLM Ascend | vLLM | Python | Stable CANN | PyTorch/torch_npu | Triton Ascend |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------|
| v0.16.0rc1 | v0.16.0 | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.0 | 2.9.0 / 2.9.0 | 3.2.0 |
| v0.17.0rc1 | v0.17.0 | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.1 | 2.9.0 / 2.9.0 | 3.2.0 |
| v0.16.0rc1 | v0.16.0 | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.1 | 2.9.0 / 2.9.0 | 3.2.0 |
| v0.15.0rc1 | v0.15.0 | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.0 | 2.9.0 / 2.9.0 | 3.2.0 |
| v0.14.0rc1 | v0.14.1 | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.0 | 2.9.0 / 2.9.0 | 3.2.0 |
| v0.13.0 | v0.13.0 | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.0 | 2.9.0 / 2.8.0.post2 | 3.2.0 |
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ For main branch of vLLM Ascend, we usually make it compatible with the latest vL
| vLLM Ascend | vLLM | Python | Stable CANN | PyTorch/torch_npu |
|-------------|--------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|
| main | 4034c3d32e30d01639459edd3ab486f56993876d, v0.16.0 tag | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.0 | 2.9.0 / 2.9.0 |
| main | 4034c3d32e30d01639459edd3ab486f56993876d, v0.17.0 tag | >= 3.10, < 3.12 | 8.5.0 | 2.9.0 / 2.9.0 |
## Release cadence
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ For main branch of vLLM Ascend, we usually make it compatible with the latest vL
| Date | Event |
|------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 2026.03.15 | Release candidates, v0.17.0rc1 |
| 2026.03.10 | Release candidates, v0.16.0rc1 |
| 2026.02.27 | Release candidates, v0.15.0rc1 |
| 2026.02.06 | v0.13.0 Final release, v0.13.0 |