Prepare release v1.17.0

This prepares the v1.17.0 release of Zap.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.17.0 (25 May 2021)
+
+Bugfixes:
+* [#867][]: Encode `<nil>` for nil `error` instead of a panic.
+* [#931][], [#936][]: Update minimum version constraints to address
+  vulnerabilities in dependencies.
+
+Enhancements:
+* [#865][]: Improve alignment of fields of the Logger struct, reducing its
+  size from 96 to 80 bytes.
+* [#881][]: Support `grpclog.LoggerV2` in zapgrpc.
+* [#903][]: Support URL-encoded POST requests to the AtomicLevel HTTP handler
+  with the `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` content type.
+* [#912][]: Support multi-field encoding with `zap.Inline`.
+* [#913][]: Speed up SugaredLogger for calls with a single string.
+* [#928][]: Add support for filtering by field name to `zaptest/observer`.
+
+Thanks to @ash2k, @FMLS, @jimmystewpot, @Oncilla, @tsoslow, @tylitianrui, @withshubh, and @wziww for their contributions to this release.
+
 ## 1.16.0 (1 Sep 2020)
 
 Bugfixes:
@@ -430,3 +449,12 @@ upgrade to the upcoming stable release.
 [#854]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/854
 [#861]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/861
 [#862]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/862
+[#865]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/865
+[#867]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/867
+[#881]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/881
+[#903]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/903
+[#912]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/912
+[#913]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/913
+[#928]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/928
+[#931]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/931
+[#936]: https://github.com/uber-go/zap/pull/936