v1.7.17 version bump + release notes (#1756)

RELEASES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## [v1.7.17](https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.7.17)
+
+This version is backwards compatible to [v1.7.0](https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.7.0). It is optional, but encouraged. The supported plugin version is `15`.
+
+### VMs
+
+- Refactored P-chain block state management
+  - Supporting easier parsing and usage of blocks
+  - Improving separation of block execution with block definition
+  - Unifying state definitions
+- Introduced support to send custom X-chain assets to the P-chain to be activated in a future upgrade
+- Introduced support to use custom assets on the P-chain to be activated in a future upgrade
+- Added VMs README to begin fully documenting plugin invariants
+- Added various comments around expected usages of VM tools
+
+### Coreth
+
+- Added optional JSON logging
+- Added interface for supporting stateful precompiles
+- Removed legacy code format from the database
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fixed ungraceful gRPC connection closure during very long running requests
+- Fixed LevelDB panic during shutdown
+- Fixed verification of `--stake-max-consumption-rate` to include the upper-bound
+- Fixed various CI failures
+- Fixed flaky unit tests
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+- Added bootstrapping ETA metrics
+- Converted all logs to support structured fields
+- Improved Snowman++ oracle block verification error messages
+- Removed deprecated or unused scripts
+
 ## [v1.7.16](https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.7.16)
 
 This version is backwards compatible to [v1.7.0](https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.7.0). It is optional, but encouraged. The supported plugin version is `15`.

go.mod

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1
 	github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner-sdk v0.1.0
-	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.8.15-rc.0
+	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.8.15-rc.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.23.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.1
 	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v3 v3.0.0-20200627015759-01fd2de07837
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.11+incompatible
 	github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.10.0
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.12.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220614013038-64ee5596c38a
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0
@@ -91,29 +91,30 @@ require (
 	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jrick/logrotate v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kkdai/bstream v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5 // indirect
+	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.14.1 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/pointerstructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/run v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.4 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.32.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rjeczalik/notify v0.9.2 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.2 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/status-im/keycard-go v0.0.0-20200402102358-957c09536969 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.5 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.0.2 // indirect
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.2 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1 v1.20.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect