Merge pull request #7581 from mattbrailsford/main

Umbraco Commerce v17.0.0-rc1 release notes

Author: eshanrnh

17/umbraco-commerce/release-notes/README.md

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 ## Release History
 
 This section contains the release notes for Umbraco Commerce 17 including all changes for this version.
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+#### 17.0.0-rc1 (04th Nov 2025)
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+Initial release candidate for Umbraco v17. This release doesn't contain any new features; rather, it's a v17 compatibility release.
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+* Updated to Umbraco CMS v17.
+* Upgraded all third-party dependencies.
+* Removed all obsolete code flagged for removal in v17.