Linux 3.17 has NOT been released.
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While the page is completed, you can read about Linux 3.17 in the following sites:
LWN Merge window, [http://lwn.net/Articles/607627/ part 1], [http://lwn.net/Articles/608434/ part 2] and [http://lwn.net/Articles/608748/ part 3]