Prepare 2.7.17 Release

Change-Id: Ie6823eed8df98dfe8a037fcb063fa4c0839c8d45
Reviewed-on: http://review.couchbase.org/c/couchbase-java-client/+/139795
Tested-by: Michael Nitschinger <michael.nitschinger@couchbase.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Nitschinger <michael.nitschinger@couchbase.com>

Author: daschl

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Official Couchbase Java SDK
 
+**NOTE: This repository contains the 2.x SDK series, which is currently in maintenance mode. We recommend that you check out our 3.x series, which can be found here: https://github.com/couchbase/couchbase-jvm-clients**
+
 This project is the official driver for Couchbase when working with Java (or on the JVM). It provides management, CRUD and query facilities through both asynchronous and synchronous APIs.
 
 ## Features ##
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ The easiest way is to download the jar as well as its transitive dependencies (o
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.16</version>
+    <version>2.7.17</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

pom.xml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.7.17</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
     <name>Couchbase Java SDK</name>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <core.version>1.7.17-SNAPSHOT</core.version>
+        <core.version>1.7.17</core.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>