release 4.17.1

Author: gaborbernat

docs/changelog.rst

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+v4.17.1 (2024-08-07)
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+Bugfixes - 4.17.1
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+- Support for running ``-e <major>.<minor>`` has been lost, fixing it - by :user:`gaborbernat`. (:issue:`2849`)
+- ``base_python`` now accepts absolute paths to interpreter executable - by :user:`paveldikov`. (:issue:`3191`)
+
 v4.17.0 (2024-08-05)
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