release/v2.17.0: updating version numbers.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ Describe what you expect the output to be. Knowing the correct behavior is also
 Provide any additional information here.
 
 #### Current Version:
-v2.16.0
+v2.17.0

RELEASE-NOTES.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@ Note: these are the release notes for the stan-dev/stan repository.
 Further changes may arise at the interface level (stan-dev/{rstan,
 pystan, cmdstan}) and math library level (stan-dev/math).
 
+v2.17.0 (05 September 2017)
+======================================================================
+
+Bug Fixes
+--------------------------------------------------
+* Call the correct unconstrain function for covariance matrices from writer
+  method (#2386)
+* Better error messages (#2280, #2359)
+* Deal better with 0-length simplexes (#2365)
+* undefined behavior with uninitialized bool (#2344)
+
+New User-Facing Features
+--------------------------------------------------
+* append_array function (#481)
+* "data" type prefix qualifier for function arguments (#2369, #2376)
+* new algebraic solver (#2380, #2300, #2339)
+* standalone functions (#2310)
+
+New Internal Features
+--------------------------------------------------
+* C++11 support (#2364)
+* Boost 1.64.0
+* Inline many functions to allow use in multiple translation units (#2082)
+
+Documentation
+--------------------------------------------------
+* Updates to the Gaussian Processes chapter in the manual (#2372)
+
+
 v2.16.0 (15 June 2017)
 ======================================================================
 
@@ -14,14 +43,12 @@ Bug Fixes
 * Check input/output streams and give better errors when files are not found (#2227)
 * Flush print outputs even in the face of a reject (#2311)
 
-
 New User-Facing Features
 --------------------------------------------------
 * New categorical_logit_rng function (#517)
 * New include mechanism for including stan code from other files (#2224)
 * New mechanism for compiling standalone Stan functions (#2267)
 
-
 New Internal Features
 --------------------------------------------------
 * New logging framework (#512)

src/docs/stan-reference/language.tex

@@ -2726,7 +2726,7 @@ \section{Assignment Statement}\label{assignment-statement.section}
 and assigns it to the (indexed) variable on the left-hand side.  An
 example of a simple assignment is as follows.%
 %
-\footnote{In versions of Stan before 2.16.0, the operator \code{<-} was
+\footnote{In versions of Stan before 2.17.0, the operator \code{<-} was
   used for assignment rather than using the equal sign \code{=}.  The
   old operator \code{<-} is now deprecated and will print a warning.
   In the future, it will be removed.}

src/docs/stan-reference/process.tex

@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ \section{Qualified Personnel}
 software systems that are still in production.
 
 Institutions at which the members of the Stan development team hold
-appointments as of Stan release 2.16.0 include Columbia University,
+appointments as of Stan release 2.17.0 include Columbia University,
 Adobe Creative Technologies Lab, University of Warwick, University of
 Toronto (Scarborough), Dartmouth College, University of Washington,
 Lucidworks, CNRS (Paris), St. George's, University of London,

src/docs/stan-reference/stan-reference.tex

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 \pagestyle{plain}
 
-\newcommand{\stanversion}{2.16.0}
+\newcommand{\stanversion}{2.17.0}
 
 \frontmatter
 \include{title}

src/doxygen/doxygen.cfg

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Stan"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.16.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.17.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a

src/stan/version.hpp

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define STAN_MAJOR 2
-#define STAN_MINOR 16
+#define STAN_MINOR 17
 #define STAN_PATCH 0
 
 namespace stan {

src/test/unit/version_test.cpp

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 
 TEST(Stan, macro) {
   EXPECT_EQ(2, STAN_MAJOR);
-  EXPECT_EQ(16, STAN_MINOR);
+  EXPECT_EQ(17, STAN_MINOR);
   EXPECT_EQ(0, STAN_PATCH);
 }
 
 TEST(Stan, version) {
   EXPECT_EQ("2", stan::MAJOR_VERSION);
-  EXPECT_EQ("16", stan::MINOR_VERSION);
+  EXPECT_EQ("17", stan::MINOR_VERSION);
   EXPECT_EQ("0", stan::PATCH_VERSION);
 }