Release 1.7.1

[jakubcech]

Description

Release IRI 1.7.1 according to the release process. We will likely have the build pipeline in BuildKite changed/working and simplified for this version.

The release should contain (visible in ZenHub):
#1463 (comment)

• The node fails to fetch milestone transactions out of the db and stalls out #1434 (Optional)
• Tip-selection time-out mechanism vol. 2 #1421 (PR Feature: adds a tip-selection timeout mechanism #1404)
• print out line number in log info. #1362
• Prepare IRI to have its version injected by CI #1359
• Up jackson to version 2.9.8 #1358
• Fix: log inconsistent addresses in debug mode #1347
• Javadoc: Changed <br> usage to <p> #1457
• Fix: recent seen transactions digest #1453
• The current xxHash implementation hashes the whole packet  #1438
• Fix: fixes spent states of addresses not getting persisted on tx pruning #1437
• ciglue.sh IXIs path relative to python-regression base folder #1433
• Javadocs are not generated currently due to to <br/> tag #1432
• Fix: Made neighbors return ip if possible, otherwise host string #1419
• Python-reg-test fix machine2 #1416
• Fix: fetch correct arrival time while traversing dags for orphaned transactions. #1407
• Change: Made API class easier to work with #1374
• Fix #1276: Return ip address instead of hostname in getNeighbors #1367
• Test: Local Snapshot unit tests #1364
• Test: Updated TransactionTestUtils, its usage, and javadoc #1363
• readme links fix #1355
• Use xxHash instead of SHA-256 on incoming transaction hashes cache #1326
• Change: Do not request one transaction at a time when checking for solidity #1311
• Fix: Boolean flag consistent usage #1295
• Feature: Doclet annotations #1155