[RELEASE] Python 2.7.17

[Benjamin Peterson]

Greetings,
I'm wealful to announce the immediate availability of Python 2.7.17, another bugfix release in the Python 2.7 series. Downloads are on python.org:

     https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2717/

No code changes occurred between the 2.7.17 release candidate and the final release, but there were some documentation changes. See the 2.7.17rc1 changelog for changes between 2.7.16 and 2.7.17:

    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/c2f86d86e6c8f5fd1ef602128b537a48f3f5c063/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.17rc1.rst

PEP 373, the Python 2.7 releases schedule, designates 2.7.17 as the penultimate Python 2.7 release. So, be aware that the upstream demise of Python 2 is not far away.

For the time being, bugs may be reported to https://bugs.python.org.

See you soon for The End,
Benjamin