update CHANGELOG and bump version to 6.17.0 (elastic#1868)

* Update CONTRIBUTING with Github Actions release instructions

* update CHANGELOG and bump version to 6.17.0

CHANGELOG.asciidoc

@@ -29,21 +29,22 @@ endif::[]
 //===== Bug fixes
 //
 
-=== Unreleased
 
-// Unreleased changes go here
-// When the next release happens, nest these changes under the "Python Agent version 6.x" heading
+[[release-notes-6.x]]
+=== Python Agent version 6.x
+
+[[release-notes-6.17.0]]
+==== 6.17.0 - 2023-07-03
+
 [float]
 ==== Features
- * Add `server_ca_cert_file` option to provide custom CA certificate {pull}1852[#1852]
+* Add `server_ca_cert_file` option to provide custom CA certificate {pull}1852[#1852]
+* Add `include_process_args` option to allow users to opt-in to collecting process args {pull}1867[#1867]
 
 [float]
 ===== Bug fixes
 * Fix a bug in the GRPC instrumentation when reaching the maximum amount of spans per transaction {pull}1861[#1861]
 
-[[release-notes-6.x]]
-=== Python Agent version 6.x
-
 [[release-notes-6.16.2]]
 ==== 6.16.2 - 2023-06-12
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -189,6 +189,6 @@ If you have commit access, the process is as follows:
 1. Reset the current major branch (`1.x`, `2.x` etc) to point to the current main, e.g. `git branch -f 1.x main`
 1. Push tag upstream with `git push upstream --tags` (and optionally to your own fork as well)
 1. Update major branch, e.g. `1.x` on upstream with `git push upstream 1.x`
-1. After tests pass, Jenkins will automatically build a source package, as well as binary wheels.
-1. Create a [Github release](https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-python/releases)
-   targeting the new tag. Copy the changelog into the body of the release.
+1. After tests pass, Github Actions will automatically build and push the new release to PyPI.
+1. Edit and publish the [draft Github release](https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-python/releases)
+   created by Github Actions. Copy the changelog into the body of the release.

elasticapm/version.py

@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@
 #  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 #  OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-__version__ = (6, 16, 2)
+__version__ = (6, 17, 0)
 VERSION = ".".join(map(str, __version__))