Needed to resolve bug 693226. 1.17 has been in tree since Jun 20. Okay to stabilize? (Also a nice improvement in 1.17 is that it doesn't require python:2) Please Cc arches.
Let's give it a try.
arm64 stable
amd64 stable
x86 stable
ppc/ppc64 stable
ia64 stable
arm stable
sparc stable
hppa stable
alpha stable