Version bump for release 2.17.

NEWS

 			irker history 
 
-Repository head:
+2.17: 2016-03-14
   Add a reconnect delay (Debian bug #749650).
   Add proxy support (requres setting some variables in the source file).
   Use git abbreviated hash to address Debian complaints.

irkerd

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ RECONNECT_DELAY = 3		# Don't spam servers with connection attempts
 
 # No user-serviceable parts below this line
 
-version = "2.16"
+version = "2.17"
 
 import argparse
 import logging

irkerhook.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ default_channels = "irc://chat.freenode.net/#commits"
 # No user-serviceable parts below this line:
 #
 
-version = "2.16"
+version = "2.17"
 
 import os, sys, socket, urllib2, subprocess, locale, datetime, re
 from pipes import quote as shellquote