Mengqing Cao e20f0b1a0d [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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dockerfiles

[Main2Main] Upgrade vLLM to 0303 (#6944)

2026-03-06 09:08:52 +08:00

matchers

[Lint]Style: reformat markdown files via markdownlint (#5884)

2026-01-15 09:06:01 +08:00

misc

Add Qwen3_5 to model list (#7130)

2026-03-13 11:42:28 +08:00

scripts

[CI] Add test_qwen3_5.py (#7133)

2026-03-15 22:19:02 +08:00

_e2e_nightly_multi_node.yaml

[Version] Drop 0.16.0 support (#7153)

2026-03-13 16:14:15 +08:00

_e2e_nightly_single_node_models.yaml

feat: [CI] Introduce uv to accelerate pip install (#7127)

2026-03-12 16:47:23 +08:00

_e2e_nightly_single_node.yaml

[Version] Drop 0.16.0 support (#7153)

2026-03-13 16:14:15 +08:00

_e2e_test.yaml

[CI][Misc] Use offline mode for model downloads (#7179)

2026-03-13 08:52:24 +08:00

_pre_commit.yml

[Misc] Fix main lint to make CI happy (#7204)

2026-03-12 18:27:48 +08:00

_schedule_image_build.yaml

[CI] Bump docker/metadata-action from 5 to 6 (#7069)

2026-03-10 09:06:04 +08:00

_unit_test.yaml

feat: [CI] Introduce uv to accelerate pip install (#7127)

2026-03-12 16:47:23 +08:00

bot_issue_manage.yaml

[CI] add action for issue labeler on issue open/edit (#7208)

2026-03-12 20:16:17 +08:00

bot_merge_conflict.yaml

[CI] Improve CI (#5078)

2025-12-19 15:34:35 +08:00

bot_pr_create.yaml

[Main2Main] Upgrade vLLM to 0303 (#6944)

2026-03-06 09:08:52 +08:00

labled_doctest.yaml

[CI]Fixed the spell check function in typos.toml (#6753)

2026-02-14 11:57:26 +08:00

labled_download_model.yaml

[Misc] Download on both hk and guiyang region (#7129)

2026-03-10 19:22:32 +08:00

pr_close_cancel_job.yaml

Bump actions/github-script from 7 to 8 (#5796)

2026-01-12 20:44:02 +08:00

pr_test_full.yaml

[Version] Drop 0.16.0 support (#7153)

2026-03-13 16:14:15 +08:00

pr_test_light.yaml

[Version] Drop 0.16.0 support (#7153)

2026-03-13 16:14:15 +08:00

READMD.md

[CI]Disable early exit to complete all tests (#6482)

2026-02-03 11:25:51 +08:00

schedule_codecov_refresh.yaml

[Main2Main] Upgrade vLLM to 0303 (#6944)

2026-03-06 09:08:52 +08:00

schedule_image_build_and_push.yaml

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

2026-03-15 22:47:47 +08:00

schedule_lint_image_build.yaml

[CI] Bump docker/metadata-action from 5 to 6 (#7069)

2026-03-10 09:06:04 +08:00

schedule_nightly_image_build.yaml

[CI] Upgrade CANN to 8.5.1 (#6897)

2026-03-03 09:02:42 +08:00

schedule_nightly_test_a2.yaml

[Version] Drop 0.16.0 support (#7153)

2026-03-13 16:14:15 +08:00

schedule_nightly_test_a3.yaml

[CI]Upgrade niglty multi-node-tests max-parallel to 2 (#7035)

2026-03-10 16:25:51 +08:00

schedule_release_code_and_wheel.yml

Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 (#6906)

2026-03-02 14:08:28 +08:00

schedule_test_benchmarks.yaml

[Version] Drop 0.16.0 support (#7153)

2026-03-13 16:14:15 +08:00

schedule_test_vllm_main.yaml

[CI] Upgrade CANN to 8.5.1 (#6897)

2026-03-03 09:02:42 +08:00

schedule_update_estimated_time.yaml

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

2026-03-15 22:47:47 +08:00