Prepare 1.7.1

ChangeLog

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Pylint's ChangeLog
 What's New in Pylint 1.7.1?
 =========================
-Release date: |TBA|
+Release date: 2017-04-17
     * Fix a false positive which occurred when an exception was reraised
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Release date: |TBA|
       should exempt function calls and function definitions from the check
       Close #1424
+    * Don't depend on editdistance any longer.
+
 What's New in Pylint 1.7?
 =========================

pylint/__pkginfo__.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from setuptools import __version__ as setuptools_version
 modname = distname = 'pylint'
-numversion = (1, 7, 0)
+numversion = (1, 7, 1)
 version = '.'.join([str(num) for num in numversion])
 install_requires = [