chore: bump version, plus small change to changelog tooling

[lockwobr]

update docs to reflect this tooling change to match process

Description

Checklist

• I am familiar with the Contributing Guidelines.
• My commits are signed off (git commit -s) per the DCO.
• New or existing tests cover these changes.
• The documentation is up to date with these changes.

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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 1d00f74 and f355a65.

📒 Files selected for processing (5)

• README.md
• chart/CHANGELOG.md
• chart/Chart.yaml
• docs/release-process.md
• scripts/gen-changelog.sh

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Updates the changelog generator to source patch-release cuts from the corresponding release branch, adds release-process documentation for patch versus minor/major cuts, and bumps the chart release metadata to v0.17.1. The README Helm install example is updated to use v0.17.1, and the chart changelog gains the new v0.17.1 notes.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

Suggested reviewers

• ayuskauskas
• rice-riley

✨ Finishing Touches

📝 Generate docstrings

• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch release-bump-chart

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