Merge branch '2.17' into 2.18

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Active maintainers:
 #509: IonValueMapper.builder() not implemented, does not register modules
  (reported by Robert N)
 
-2.17.3 (not yet released)
+2.17.3 (01-Nov-2024)
 
 #506: (protobuf) Cannot deserialize `UUID` values
  (reported by @uniquonil)