release/v2.17.0: updating version numbers

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ Describe what you expect the output to be. Knowing the correct behavior is also
 Provide any additional information here.
 
 #### Current Version:
-v2.16.0
+v2.17.0

RELEASE-NOTES.txt

 Stan Math Library Release Notes
 ======================================================================
 
+v.2.17.0 (05 September 2017)
+======================================================================
+
+New Features
+--------------------------------------------------
+* New algebraic solver! (stan-dev/stan#2023, #516)
+* append_array now supports vectors of vectors
+
+Other
+--------------------------------------------------
+* C++11 (and some of 14) now supported; see https://github.com/stan-dev/stan/wiki/Supported-C---Compilers-and-Language-Features
+* Updated to Boost 1.64.0 (#599)
+* Makefile refactoring (#602, others)
+* New forward-mode test kit (#0557, #0568)
+* replace copy args with refs (#346)
+
 v.2.16.0 (15 June 2017)
 ======================================================================
 
@@ -13,7 +29,6 @@ Bug Fixes
 --------------------------------------------------
 * Align gamma_* function parameter names with documentation
 
-
 Other
 --------------------------------------------------
 * Update to Eigen 3.3.3

doxygen/doxygen.cfg

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Stan Math Library"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.16.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 2.17.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a

stan/math/version.hpp

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define STAN_MATH_MAJOR 2
-#define STAN_MATH_MINOR 16
+#define STAN_MATH_MINOR 17
 #define STAN_MATH_PATCH 0
 
 namespace stan {