Merge pull request #458 from lightninglabs/update-to-v0.17.0

version: bump version to v0.17.0-beta

Author: alexbosworth

release_notes.md

@@ -15,17 +15,9 @@ This file tracks release notes for the loop client.
 ## Next release
 
 #### New Features
-* Loop in functionality has been added to AutoLoop. This feature can be enabled
-  to acquire outgoing capacity on your node automatically, using 
-  `loop setrule --type=in`. At present, autoloop can only be set to loop out 
-  *or* loop in, and cannot manage liquidity in both directions.
-
-* Use LND's hop hint selector when doing private loop-ins.
 
 #### Breaking Changes
 
 #### Bug Fixes
 
-* Close local databases when loopd daemon is stopped programmatically.
-
 #### Maintenance

version.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 const (
 	// Note: please update release_notes.md when you change these values.
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 16
+	appMinor uint = 17
 	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet per