Bump pylint to 2.17.0, update changelog (#8395)

38 files changed, 228 insertions, 120 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 47e3c05c5..59af3e059 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Maintainers
 - Jacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>
 - Hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
 - Mark Byrne <31762852+mbyrnepr2@users.noreply.github.com>
-- Matus Valo <matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Andreas Finkler <3929834+DudeNr33@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Matus Valo <matusvalo@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Dani Alcala <112832187+clavedeluna@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Łukasz Rogalski <rogalski.91@gmail.com>
 - Ashley Whetter <ashley@awhetter.co.uk>
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ contributors:
 - Cezar Elnazli <cezar.elnazli2@gmail.com>: deprecated-method
 - Joseph Young <80432516+jpy-git@users.noreply.github.com> (jpy-git)
 - Tim Martin <tim@asymptotic.co.uk>
+- Ollie <46904826+ollie-iterators@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Tushar Sadhwani <tushar.sadhwani000@gmail.com> (tusharsadhwani)
 - Nicolas Chauvat <nicolas.chauvat@logilab.fr>
 - orSolocate <38433858+orSolocate@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ contributors:
 - David Liu <david@cs.toronto.edu> (david-yz-liu)
 - Dan Goldsmith <djgoldsmith@googlemail.com>: support for msg-template in HTML reporter.
 - Buck Evan <buck.2019@gmail.com>
+- Zen Lee <53538590+zenlyj@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Robert Hofer <hofrob@protonmail.com>
 - Mariatta Wijaya <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com>
   * Added new check `logging-fstring-interpolation`
   * Documentation typo fixes
@@ -166,9 +169,9 @@ contributors:
 - Andreas Freimuth <andreas.freimuth@united-bits.de>: fix indentation checking with tabs
 - Alexandru Coman <fcoman@bitdefender.com>
 - jpkotta <jpkotta@gmail.com>
-- Zen Lee <53538590+zenlyj@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Takahide Nojima <nozzy123nozzy@gmail.com>
 - Taewon D. Kim <kimt33@mcmaster.ca>
+- Stavros Ntentos <133706+stdedos@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Sneaky Pete <sneakypete81@gmail.com>
 - Sergey B Kirpichev <skirpichev@gmail.com>
 - Sandro Tosi <sandro.tosi@gmail.com>: Debian packaging
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ contributors:
 - Marcus Näslund <naslundx@gmail.com> (naslundx)
 - Marco Pernigotti <7657251+mpernigo@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Marco Forte <fortemarco.irl@gmail.com>
+- James Addison <55152140+jayaddison@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Ionel Maries Cristian <contact@ionelmc.ro>
 - Gergely Kalmár <gergely.kalmar@logikal.jp>
 - Damien Baty <damien.baty@polyconseil.fr>
@@ -196,7 +200,9 @@ contributors:
 - Anubhav <35621759+anubh-v@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Antonio Quarta <sgheppy88@gmail.com>
 - Andrew J. Simmons <anjsimmo@gmail.com>
+- Alexey Pelykh <alexey.pelykh@gmail.com>
 - wtracy <afishionado@gmail.com>
+- jessebrennan <jesse@jesse.computer>
 - chohner <mail@chohner.com>
 - Tiago Honorato <61059243+tiagohonorato@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Steven M. Vascellaro <svascellaro@gmail.com>
@@ -242,7 +248,6 @@ contributors:
 - Tyler Thieding <tyler@thieding.com>
 - Tobias Hernstig <30827238+thernstig@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Thomas Grainger <tagrain@gmail.com>
-- Stavros Ntentos <133706+stdedos@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Smixi <sismixx@hotmail.fr>
 - Simu Toni <simutoni@gmail.com>
 - Sergei Lebedev <185856+superbobry@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -272,7 +277,6 @@ contributors:
 - Justin Li <justinnhli@gmail.com>
 - John Kirkham <jakirkham@gmail.com>
 - Jens H. Nielsen <Jens.Nielsen@microsoft.com>
-- James Addison <55152140+jayaddison@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Ioana Tagirta <ioana.tagirta@gmail.com>: fix bad thread instantiation check
 - Ikraduya Edian <ikraduya@gmail.com>: Added new checks 'consider-using-generator' and 'use-a-generator'.
 - Hugues Bruant <hugues.bruant@affirm.com>
@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@ contributors:
 - Elias Dorneles <eliasdorneles@gmail.com>: minor adjust to config defaults and docs
 - Derek Harland <derek.harland@finq.co.nz>
 - David Pursehouse <david.pursehouse@gmail.com>
+- Dave Bunten <dave.bunten@cuanschutz.edu>
 - Daniel Mouritzen <dmrtzn@gmail.com>
 - Daniel Miller <millerdev@gmail.com>
 - Christoph Blessing <33834216+cblessing24@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -359,6 +364,7 @@ contributors:
   * Added --list-msgs-enabled command
 - Tomer Chachamu <tomer.chachamu@gmail.com>: simplifiable-if-expression
 - Tomasz Magulski <tomasz@magullab.io>
+- Tom <tsarantis@proton.me>
 - Tim Hatch <tim@timhatch.com>
 - Tim Gates <tim.gates@iress.com>
 - Thomas Benhamou <thomas@lightricks.com>
@@ -385,13 +391,13 @@ contributors:
 - Ruro <ruro.ruro@ya.ru>
 - Roman Ivanov <me@roivanov.com>
 - Robert Schweizer <robert_schweizer@gmx.de>
-- Robert Hofer <hofrob@protonmail.com>
 - Reverb Chu <reverbc@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Renat Galimov <renat2017@gmail.com>
 - Rebecca Turner <rbt@sent.as> (9999years)
 - Randall Leeds <randall@bleeds.info>
 - Ramon Saraiva <ramonsaraiva@gmail.com>
 - Ramiro Leal-Cavazos <ramiroleal050@gmail.com> (ramiro050): Fixed bug preventing pylint from working with Emacs tramp
+- R. N. West <98110034+rnwst@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Qwiddle13 <32040075+Qwiddle13@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Quentin Young <qlyoung@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Prajwal Borkar <sunnyborkar7777@gmail.com>
@@ -506,7 +512,6 @@ contributors:
 - Denis Laxalde <denis.laxalde@logilab.fr>
 - David Lawson <dmrlawson@gmail.com>
 - David Cain <davidjosephcain@gmail.com>
-- Dave Bunten <ekgto445@gmail.com>
 - Danny Hermes <daniel.j.hermes@gmail.com>
 - Daniele Procida <daniele@vurt.org>
 - Daniela Plascencia <daplascen@gmail.com>
@@ -551,6 +556,7 @@ contributors:
 - Andrzej Klajnert <github@aklajnert.pl>
 - Andrew Howe <howeaj@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Andres Perez Hortal <andresperezcba@gmail.com>
+- Andre Hora <andrehora@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Alok Singh <8325708+alok@users.noreply.github.com>
 - Allan Chandler <95424144+allanc65@users.noreply.github.com> (allanc65)
   * Fixed issue 5452, false positive missing-param-doc for multi-line Google-style params
diff --git a/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst b/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst
index ee6d0e22e..9a7c8a4ff 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ Classes checker Messages
   Used when an instance attribute is defined outside the __init__ method.
 :subclassed-final-class (W0240): *Class %r is a subclass of a class decorated with typing.final: %r*
   Used when a class decorated with typing.final has been subclassed.
+:implicit-flag-alias (W0213): *Flag member %(overlap)s shares bit positions with %(sources)s*
+  Used when multiple integer values declared within an enum.IntFlag class share
+  a common bit position.
 :abstract-method (W0223): *Method %r is abstract in class %r but is not overridden in child class %r*
   Used when an abstract method (i.e. raise NotImplementedError) is not
   overridden in concrete class.
@@ -742,9 +745,9 @@ Verbatim name of the checker is ``nonascii-checker``.
 Nonascii-Checker checker Messages
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 :non-ascii-file-name (W2402): *%s name "%s" contains a non-ASCII character.*
-  Under python 3.5, PEP 3131 only allows non-ascii identifiers, not file
-  names.Since Python 3.5, even though Python supports UTF-8 files, some editors
-  or tools don't.
+  Under python 3.5, PEP 3131 allows non-ascii identifiers, but not non-ascii
+  file names.Since Python 3.5, even though Python supports UTF-8 files, some
+  editors or tools don't.
 :non-ascii-name (C2401): *%s name "%s" contains a non-ASCII character, consider renaming it.*
   Used when the name contains at least one non-ASCII unicode character. See
   https://peps.python.org/pep-0672/#confusing-features for a background why
@@ -1264,9 +1267,8 @@ Unicode Checker checker Messages
 :invalid-unicode-codec (E2501): *UTF-16 and UTF-32 aren't backward compatible. Use UTF-8 instead*
   For compatibility use UTF-8 instead of UTF-16/UTF-32. See also
   https://bugs.python.org/issue1503789 for a history of this issue. And
-  https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/102205/should-
-  utf-16-be-considered-harmful for some possible problems when using UTF-16 for
-  instance.
+  https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/102205/ for some
+  possible problems when using UTF-16 for instance.
 :bad-file-encoding (C2503): *PEP8 recommends UTF-8 as encoding for Python files*
   PEP8 recommends UTF-8 default encoding for Python files. See
   https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/#source-file-encoding
diff --git a/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst b/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst
index 21c58a057..13d67c280 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst
@@ -499,6 +499,13 @@ Standard Checkers
 **Default:**  ``('abc.abstractproperty',)``
 
 
+--typealias-rgx
+"""""""""""""""
+*Regular expression matching correct type alias names. If left empty, type alias names will be checked with the set naming style.*
+
+**Default:**  ``None``
+
+
 --typevar-rgx
 """""""""""""
 *Regular expression matching correct type variable names. If left empty, type variable names will be checked with the set naming style.*
@@ -589,6 +596,8 @@ Standard Checkers
 
    property-classes = ["abc.abstractproperty"]
 
+   # typealias-rgx =
+
    # typevar-rgx =
 
    variable-naming-style = "snake_case"
@@ -624,7 +633,7 @@ Standard Checkers
 """""""""""""""""""
 *List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access warning.*
 
-**Default:**  ``('_asdict', '_fields', '_replace', '_source', '_make')``
+**Default:**  ``('_asdict', '_fields', '_replace', '_source', '_make', 'os._exit')``
 
 
 --valid-classmethod-first-arg
@@ -656,7 +665,7 @@ Standard Checkers
 
    defining-attr-methods = ["__init__", "__new__", "setUp", "__post_init__"]
 
-   exclude-protected = ["_asdict", "_fields", "_replace", "_source", "_make"]
+   exclude-protected = ["_asdict", "_fields", "_replace", "_source", "_make", "os._exit"]
 
    valid-classmethod-first-arg = ["cls"]
 
diff --git a/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst b/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst
index a1962f8e0..167802ae2 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ All messages in the warning category:
    warning/global-statement
    warning/global-variable-not-assigned
    warning/global-variable-undefined
+   warning/implicit-flag-alias
    warning/implicit-str-concat
    warning/import-self
    warning/inconsistent-quotes
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst
index 393fb86de..3197bc7c7 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2/2.17/index.rst
@@ -12,3 +12,168 @@ Summary -- Release highlights
 =============================
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
+
+What's new in Pylint 2.17.0?
+----------------------------
+Release date: 2023-03-07
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+- `pyreverse` now supports custom color palettes with the `--color-palette`
+  option.
+
+  Closes #6738 (`#6738 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6738>`_)
+
+- Add ``invalid-name`` check for ``TypeAlias`` names.
+
+  Closes #7081. (`#7081 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7081>`_)
+
+- Accept values of the form ``<class name>.<attribute name>`` for the
+  ``exclude-protected`` list.
+
+  Closes #7343 (`#7343 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7343>`_)
+
+- Add `--version` option to `pyreverse`.
+
+  Refs #7851 (`#7851 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7851>`_)
+
+- Adds new functionality with preferred-modules configuration to detect
+  submodules.
+
+  Refs #7957 (`#7957 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7957>`_)
+
+- Support implicit namespace packages (PEP 420).
+
+  Closes #8154 (`#8154 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8154>`_)
+
+- Add globbing pattern support for ``--source-roots``.
+
+  Closes #8290 (`#8290 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8290>`_)
+
+- Support globbing pattern when defining which file/directory/module to lint.
+
+  Closes #8310 (`#8310 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8310>`_)
+
+- pylint now supports ``TryStar`` nodes from Python 3.11 and should be fully
+  compatible with Python 3.11.
+
+  Closes #8387 (`#8387 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8387>`_)
+
+
+
+New Checks
+----------
+
+- Add a ``bad-chained-comparison`` check that emits a warning when
+  there is a chained comparison where one expression is semantically
+  incompatible with the other.
+
+  Closes #6559 (`#6559 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6559>`_)
+
+- Adds an ``implicit-flag-alias`` check that emits a warning when a class
+  derived from ``enum.IntFlag`` assigns distinct integer values that share
+  common bit positions.
+
+  Refs #8102 (`#8102 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8102>`_)
+
+
+
+False Positives Fixed
+---------------------
+
+- Fix various false positives for functions that return directly from
+  structural pattern matching cases.
+
+  Closes #5288 (`#5288 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5288>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``used-before-assignment`` when
+  ``typing.TYPE_CHECKING`` is used with if/elif/else blocks.
+
+  Closes #7574 (`#7574 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/7574>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for isinstance-second-argument-not-valid-type with union
+  types.
+
+  Closes #8205 (`#8205 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8205>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``used-before-assignment`` for named expressions
+  appearing after the first element in a list, tuple, or set.
+
+  Closes #8252 (`#8252 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8252>`_)
+
+- Fix false positive for ``wrong-spelling-in-comment`` with class names in a
+  python 2 type comment.
+
+  Closes #8370 (`#8370 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8370>`_)
+
+
+
+False Negatives Fixed
+---------------------
+
+- Fix a false negative for 'missing-parentheses-for-call-in-test' when
+  inference
+  failed for the internal of the call as we did not need that information to
+  raise
+  correctly.
+
+  Refs #8185 (`#8185 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8185>`_)
+
+- Fix false negative for inconsistent-returns with while-loops.
+
+  Closes #8280 (`#8280 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8280>`_)
+
+
+
+Other Bug Fixes
+---------------
+
+- Fix ``used-before-assignment`` false positive when the walrus operator
+  is used with a ternary operator in dictionary key/value initialization.
+
+  Closes #8125 (`#8125 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8125>`_)
+
+- Fix ``no-name-in-module`` false positive raised when a package defines a
+  variable with the
+  same name as one of its submodules.
+
+  Closes #8148 (`#8148 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8148>`_)
+
+- Fix a crash happening for python interpreter < 3.9 following a failed typing
+  update.
+
+  Closes #8161 (`#8161 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8161>`_)
+
+- Fix ``nested-min-max`` suggestion message to indicate it's possible to splat
+  iterable objects.
+
+  Closes #8168 (`#8168 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8168>`_)
+
+- Fix a crash happening when a class attribute was negated in the start
+  argument of an enumerate.
+
+  Closes #8207 (`#8207 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8207>`_)
+
+- Prevent emitting ``invalid-name`` for the line on which a ``global``
+  statement is declared.
+
+  Closes #8307 (`#8307 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8307>`_)
+
+
+
+Other Changes
+-------------
+
+- Update explanation for ``global-variable-not-assigned`` and add confidence.
+
+  Closes #5073 (`#5073 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5073>`_)
+
+- The governance model and the path to become a maintainer have been documented
+  as
+  part of our effort to guarantee that the software supply chain in which
+  pylint is
+  included is secure.
+
+  Refs #8329 (`#8329 <https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/8329>`_)
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5073.other b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5073.other
deleted file mode 100644
index 610bda9fb..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5073.other
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Update explanation for ``global-variable-not-assigned`` and add confidence.
-
-Closes #5073
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5288.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5288.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index bdc696622..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/5288.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix various false positives for functions that return directly from
-structural pattern matching cases.
-
-Closes #5288
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6559.new_check b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6559.new_check
deleted file mode 100644
index fa4f146e3..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6559.new_check
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Add a ``bad-chained-comparison`` check that emits a warning when
-there is a chained comparison where one expression is semantically incompatible with the other.
-
-Closes #6559
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6738.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6738.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index d6895df36..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/6738.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-`pyreverse` now supports custom color palettes with the `--color-palette` option.
-
-Closes #6738
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7081.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7081.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 07e3a236e..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7081.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Add ``invalid-name`` check for ``TypeAlias`` names.
-
-Closes #7081.
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7343.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7343.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e9fa83c1..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7343.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Accept values of the form ``<class name>.<attribute name>`` for the ``exclude-protected`` list.
-
-Closes #7343
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7574.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7574.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index a7b91b481..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7574.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix false positive for ``used-before-assignment`` when
-``typing.TYPE_CHECKING`` is used with if/elif/else blocks.
-
-Closes #7574
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7851.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7851.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 36860ae12..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7851.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Add `--version` option to `pyreverse`.
-
-Refs #7851
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7957.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7957.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 325f61d13..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/7957.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Adds new functionality with preferred-modules configuration to detect submodules.
-
-Refs #7957
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8102.new_check b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8102.new_check
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bffd4add..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8102.new_check
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Adds an ``implicit-flag-alias`` check that emits a warning when a class
-derived from ``enum.IntFlag`` assigns distinct integer values that share
-common bit positions.
-
-Refs #8102
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8125.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8125.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index bb7860f92..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8125.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix ``used-before-assignment`` false positive when the walrus operator
-is used with a ternary operator in dictionary key/value initialization.
-
-Closes #8125
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8148.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8148.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index de3c8ab57..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8148.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix ``no-name-in-module`` false positive raised when a package defines a variable with the
-same name as one of its submodules.
-
-Closes #8148
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8154.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8154.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c46a1c8d..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8154.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Support implicit namespace packages (PEP 420).
-
-Closes #8154
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8161.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8161.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 957099180..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8161.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a crash happening for python interpreter < 3.9 following a failed typing update.
-
-Closes #8161
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8168.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8168.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index dd846b734..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8168.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix ``nested-min-max`` suggestion message to indicate it's possible to splat iterable objects.
-
-Closes #8168
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8185.false_negative b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8185.false_negative
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d2f878cd..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8185.false_negative
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Fix a false negative for 'missing-parentheses-for-call-in-test' when inference
-failed for the internal of the call as we did not need that information to raise
-correctly.
-
-Refs #8185
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8205.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8205.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bf596592..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8205.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix false positive for isinstance-second-argument-not-valid-type with union types.
-
-Closes #8205
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8207.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8207.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index fc7001b0c..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8207.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a crash happening when a class attribute was negated in the start argument of an enumerate.
-
-Closes #8207
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8252.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8252.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c449ac36..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8252.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix false positive for ``used-before-assignment`` for named expressions
-appearing after the first element in a list, tuple, or set.
-
-Closes #8252
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8280.false_negative b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8280.false_negative
deleted file mode 100644
index 848b71d7c..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8280.false_negative
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix false negative for inconsistent-returns with while-loops.
-
-Closes #8280
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8290.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8290.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 1099518d8..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8290.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Add globbing pattern support for ``--source-roots``.
-
-Closes #8290
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8307.bugfix b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8307.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index f86f7b67b..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8307.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Prevent emitting ``invalid-name`` for the line on which a ``global`` statement is declared.
-
-Closes #8307
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8310.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8310.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index a835be097..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8310.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Support globbing pattern when defining which file/directory/module to lint.
-
-Closes #8310
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8329.other b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8329.other
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c22feacd..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8329.other
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-The governance model and the path to become a maintainer have been documented as
-part of our effort to guarantee that the software supply chain in which pylint is
-included is secure.
-
-Refs #8329
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8370.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8370.false_positive
deleted file mode 100644
index a641ecbbf..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8370.false_positive
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix false positive for ``wrong-spelling-in-comment`` with class names in a python 2 type comment.
-
-Closes #8370
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8387.feature b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8387.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b4df0001..000000000
--- a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/8387.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-pylint now supports ``TryStar`` nodes from Python 3.11 and should be fully compatible with Python 3.11.
-
-Closes #8387
diff --git a/examples/pylintrc b/examples/pylintrc
index 879c1d4f1..70c5ff87c 100644
--- a/examples/pylintrc
+++ b/examples/pylintrc
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@ persistent=yes
 # the version used to run pylint.
 py-version=3.10
 
-# Add paths to the list of the source roots. The source root is an absolute
-# path or a path relative to the current working directory used to
-# determine a package namespace for modules located under the source root.
-source-roots=src,tests
-
 # Discover python modules and packages in the file system subtree.
 recursive=no
 
+# Add paths to the list of the source roots. Supports globbing patterns. The
+# source root is an absolute path or a path relative to the current working
+# directory used to determine a package namespace for modules located under the
+# source root.
+source-roots=
+
 # When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
 # user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
 suggestion-mode=yes
@@ -233,6 +234,10 @@ no-docstring-rgx=^_
 # These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
 property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
 
+# Regular expression matching correct type alias names. If left empty, type
+# alias names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#typealias-rgx=
+
 # Regular expression matching correct type variable names. If left empty, type
 # variable names will be checked with the set naming style.
 #typevar-rgx=
@@ -259,11 +264,7 @@ defining-attr-methods=__init__,
 
 # List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
 # warning.
-exclude-protected=_asdict,
-                  _fields,
-                  _replace,
-                  _source,
-                  _make
+exclude-protected=_asdict,_fields,_replace,_source,_make,os._exit
 
 # List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
 valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
diff --git a/examples/pyproject.toml b/examples/pyproject.toml
index 71490d860..1608d2cbb 100644
--- a/examples/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/pyproject.toml
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ py-version = "3.10"
 # Discover python modules and packages in the file system subtree.
 # recursive =
 
+# Add paths to the list of the source roots. Supports globbing patterns. The
+# source root is an absolute path or a path relative to the current working
+# directory used to determine a package namespace for modules located under the
+# source root.
+# source-roots =
+
 # When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
 # user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
 suggestion-mode = true
@@ -200,6 +206,10 @@ no-docstring-rgx = "^_"
 # decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
 property-classes = ["abc.abstractproperty"]
 
+# Regular expression matching correct type alias names. If left empty, type alias
+# names will be checked with the set naming style.
+# typealias-rgx =
+
 # Regular expression matching correct type variable names. If left empty, type
 # variable names will be checked with the set naming style.
 # typevar-rgx =
@@ -220,7 +230,7 @@ defining-attr-methods = ["__init__", "__new__", "setUp", "__post_init__"]
 
 # List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
 # warning.
-exclude-protected = ["_asdict", "_fields", "_replace", "_source", "_make"]
+exclude-protected = ["_asdict", "_fields", "_replace", "_source", "_make", "os._exit"]
 
 # List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
 valid-classmethod-first-arg = ["cls"]
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 587dcadcb..4a6eb6090 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It's updated via tbump, do not modify.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.17.0-dev0"
+__version__ = "2.17.0"
 
 
 def get_numversion_from_version(v: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py b/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py
index 26877ccdb..b0a87b4c9 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ class RefactoringChecker(checkers.BaseTokenChecker):
         "R1732": (
             "Consider using 'with' for resource-allocating operations",
             "consider-using-with",
-            "Emitted if a resource-allocating assignment or call may be replaced by a 'with' block."
+            "Emitted if a resource-allocating assignment or call may be replaced by a 'with' block. "
             "By using 'with' the release of the allocated resources is ensured even in the case "
             "of an exception.",
         ),
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/unicode.py b/pylint/checkers/unicode.py
index 3e2bccfa5..c7e011b6f 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/unicode.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/unicode.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class UnicodeChecker(checkers.BaseRawFileChecker):
                 "For compatibility use UTF-8 instead of UTF-16/UTF-32. "
                 "See also https://bugs.python.org/issue1503789 for a history "
                 "of this issue. And "
-                "https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/102205/"
+                "https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/102205/ "
                 "for some possible problems when using UTF-16 for instance."
             ),
         ),
diff --git a/script/.contributors_aliases.json b/script/.contributors_aliases.json
index 64a8ca377..7a3c4e04b 100644
--- a/script/.contributors_aliases.json
+++ b/script/.contributors_aliases.json
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@
     "mails": ["daniel.werner@scalableminds.com"],
     "name": "Daniel Werner"
   },
+  "dave.bunten@cuanschutz.edu": {
+    "mails": ["dave.bunten@cuanschutz.edu", "ekgto445@gmail.com"],
+    "name": "Dave Bunten"
+  },
   "david.douard@sdfa3.org": {
     "mails": ["david.douard@sdfa3.org", "david.douard@logilab.fr"],
     "name": "David Douard"
@@ -506,7 +510,7 @@
     "name": "Steven Myint"
   },
   "hofrob@protonmail.com": {
-    "mails": ["hofrob@protonmail.com"],
+    "mails": ["hofrob@protonmail.com", "1058012+hofrob@users.noreply.github.com"],
     "name": "Robert Hofer"
   },
   "hugovk@users.noreply.github.com": {
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index d59587858..a00de0224 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.17.0-dev0"
+current = "2.17.0"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.