Create v1.17.1-rc release candidate.

Author: bkemper24

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 
 # Change Log
 
+## 1.17.1 - 2026-03-06
+
+- Cleanup miscellaneous test suite issues
+- Fix AttributeError: 'StringDtype' object has no attribute 'str'
+- Fix warning about chained assignment using an inplace method
+
 ## 1.17.0 - 2025-09-30
 
 - Add Python 3.13 support

doc/source/whatsnew.rst

@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ What’s New
 
 This document outlines features and improvements from each release.
 
+1.17.1 (March 6, 2026)
+----------------------
+
+-  Cleanup miscellaneous test suite issues
+-  Fix AttributeError: ‘StringDtype’ object has no attribute ‘str’
+-  Fix warning about chained assignment using an inplace method
+
 1.17.0 (September 30, 2025)
 ---------------------------
 

setup.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def get_file(fname):
 setup(
     zip_safe=False,
     name='swat',
-    version='1.17.1-dev',
+    version='1.17.1',
     description='SAS Scripting Wrapper for Analytics Transfer (SWAT)',
     long_description=get_file('README.md'),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',

swat/__init__.py

@@ -93,5 +93,5 @@
 # SAS Formatter
 from .formatter import SASFormatter    # noqa: E402
 
-__version__ = '1.17.1-dev'
+__version__ = '1.17.1'
 __tk_version__ = None