Merge commit '43726783e' into dinsic

* commit '43726783e': (22 commits)
  1.17.0rc1
  Fix some spelling mistakes / typos. (#7811)
  `update_membership` declaration: now always returns an event id. (#7809)
  Improve stacktraces from exceptions in background processes (#7808)
  Fix `can only concatenate list (not "tuple") to list` exception (#7810)
  Pass original request headers from workers to the main process. (#7797)
  Generate real events when we reject invites (#7804)
  Add `HomeServer.signing_key` property (#7805)
  Revert "Update the installation docs on apt-transport-https (#7801)"
  Do not use simplejson in Synapse. (#7800)
  Stop passing bytes when dumping JSON (#7799)
  Update the installation docs on apt-transport-https (#7801)
  shuffle changelog slightly
  Change Caddy links (old is deprecated) (#7789)
  Stop populating unused table `local_invites`. (#7793)
  Refactor getting replication updates from database v2. (#7740)
  Add libwebp dependency to Dockerfile (#7791)
  Add documentation for JWT login type and improve sample config. (#7776)
  Convert the appservice handler to async/await. (#7775)
  Don't ignore `set_tweak` actions with no explicit `value`. (#7766)
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1e7d7191ad..f7c146d777 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.17.0rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.17.0rc1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 09 Jul 2020 16:53:12 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.16.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.16.0.