diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f4d2abe9..28788d8d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Notmuch 0.17~rc4 (2013-12-28)
-=============================
+Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30)
+=========================
 
 Incompatible change in SHA1 computation
 ---------------------------------------
diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
index 27124f4f..fa3f93b8 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # this file should be kept in sync with ../../../version
-__VERSION__ = '0.17~rc4'
+__VERSION__ = '0.17'
diff --git a/debian/NEWS.Debian b/debian/NEWS.Debian
index e57b4d41..8049a933 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS.Debian
+++ b/debian/NEWS.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+notmuch (0.17-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Previously on big endian architectures like sparc and powerpc the
+    computation of SHA1 hashes was incorrect. This meant that messages
+    with overlong or missing message-ids were given different computed
+    message-ids than on more common little endian architectures like
+    i386 and amd64.  If you use notmuch on a big endian architecture,
+    you are strongly advised to make a backup of your tags using
+    `notmuch dump` before this upgrade.  You can locate the affected
+    files using something like:
+
+    notmuch dump | \
+      awk '/^notmuch-sha1-[0-9a-f]{40} / \
+        {system("notmuch search --exclude=false --output=files id:" $1)}'
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:31:16 -0400
+
 notmuch (0.16-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * The vim interface has been rewritten from scratch. In particular
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9cbfdcaf..0663f1d8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+notmuch (0.17-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream feature release. See /usr/share/doc/notmuch/NEWS.gz
+    for details.  Highlights include:
+    - notmuch compact command (Closes: #720543).
+    - emacs "tree" view
+  * Remove madduck from uploaders (Closes: #719100).
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:28:20 -0400
+
 notmuch (0.17~rc4-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release candidate
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 816998bc..1f8cbff7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  ruby, ruby-dev (>>1:1.9.3~),
  emacs23-nox | emacs23 (>=23~) | emacs23-lucid (>=23~) |
  emacs24-nox | emacs24 (>=24~) | emacs24-lucid (>=24~),
- gdb [!s390x],
+ gdb [!s390x !ia64],
  dtach (>= 0.8)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 Homepage: http://notmuchmail.org/
diff --git a/devel/release-checks.sh b/devel/release-checks.sh
index d6410add..8938905e 100755
--- a/devel/release-checks.sh
+++ b/devel/release-checks.sh
@@ -77,37 +77,36 @@ case $VERSION in
 	*)	verfail "'$VERSION' is a single number" ;;
 esac
 
-_set_version_components ()
-{
-	VERSION_MAJOR=$1
-	VERSION_MINOR=$2
-	VERSION_MICRO=${3:-0} # set to 0 in case $3 is unset or "null" (string)
-}
+echo -n "Checking that LIBNOTMUCH version macros & variables match ... "
+# lib/notmuch.h
+LIBNOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION=broken
+LIBNOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION=broken
+LIBNOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION=broken
+# lib/Makefile.local
+LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR=borken
+LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MINOR=borken
+LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_RELEASE=borken
 
-IFS=.
-_set_version_components $VERSION
-IFS=$DEFAULT_IFS
-
-echo -n "Checking that libnotmuch version macros match $VERSION... "
-NOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION=broken
-NOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION=broken
-NOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION=broken
-eval `awk 'NF == 3 && $1 == "#define" && $2 ~ /^NOTMUCH_[A-Z]+_VERSION$/ \
+eval `awk 'NF == 3 && $1 == "#define" && $2 ~ /^LIBNOTMUCH_[A-Z]+_VERSION$/ \
 	&& $3 ~ /^[0-9]+$/ { print $2 "=" $3 }' lib/notmuch.h`
 
+eval `awk 'NF == 3 && $1 ~ /^LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_[A-Z]+$/ && $2 == "=" \
+	&& $3 ~ /^[0-9]+$/ { print $1 "=" $3 }' lib/Makefile.local`
+
+
 check_version_component ()
 {
-	eval local v1=\$VERSION_$1
-	eval local v2=\$NOTMUCH_$1_VERSION
+	eval local v1=\$LIBNOTMUCH_$1_VERSION
+	eval local v2=\$LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_$2
 	if [ $v1 != $v2 ]
-	then	append_emsg "NOTMUCH_$1_VERSION is defined as '$v2' in lib/notmuch.h instead of '$v1'"
+	then	append_emsg "LIBNOTMUCH_$1_VERSION ($v1) does not equal LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_$2 ($v2)"
 	fi
 }
 
 old_emsg_count=$emsg_count
-check_version_component MAJOR
-check_version_component MINOR
-check_version_component MICRO
+check_version_component MAJOR MAJOR
+check_version_component MINOR MINOR
+check_version_component MICRO RELEASE
 [ $old_emsg_count = $emsg_count ] && echo Yes. || echo No.
 
 echo -n "Checking that this is Debian package for notmuch... "
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-compact.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-compact.1
index 5ab9b513..ea6218fb 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-compact.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-compact.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-COMPACT 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-COMPACT 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-compact \- compact the notmuch database
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-config.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-config.1
index b90987eb..00a420f9 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-config.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-config.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-CONFIG 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-CONFIG 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-config \- access notmuch configuration file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-count.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-count.1
index 9e2e2c11..562dde15 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-count.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-count.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-COUNT 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-COUNT 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-count \- count messages matching the given search terms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-dump.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-dump.1
index e1f69836..0c52d1b7 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-dump.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-dump.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-DUMP 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-DUMP 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-dump \- creates a plain-text dump of the tags of each message
 
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-insert.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-insert.1
index bbf5793c..8ce8413e 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-insert.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-insert.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-INSERT 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-INSERT 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-insert \- add a message to the maildir and notmuch database
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-new.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-new.1
index ef6d88ce..5725b7d8 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-new.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-new.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-NEW 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-NEW 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-new \- incorporate new mail into the notmuch database
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-reply.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-reply.1
index 4742aad0..93f90673 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-reply.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-reply.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-REPLY 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-REPLY 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-reply \- constructs a reply template for a set of messages
 
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1
index 649000d0..4cb02e3e 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-restore.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-RESTORE 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-RESTORE 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-restore \- restores the tags from the given file (see notmuch dump)
 
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-search.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-search.1
index be427248..55a81e79 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-search.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-search.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-SEARCH 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-SEARCH 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-search \- search for messages matching the given search terms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-show.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-show.1
index 68e5e8a9..7eefdec6 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-show.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-show.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-SHOW 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-SHOW 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-show \- show messages matching the given search terms
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1
index 1a611520..710fae6a 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch-tag.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-TAG 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-TAG 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-tag \- add/remove tags for all messages matching the search terms
 
diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch.1 b/man/man1/notmuch.1
index 87662cf2..605b5146 100644
--- a/man/man1/notmuch.1
+++ b/man/man1/notmuch.1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\" along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ .
 .\"
 .\" Author: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
-.TH NOTMUCH 1 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH 1 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 .SH NAME
 notmuch \- thread-based email index, search, and tagging
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/man/man5/notmuch-hooks.5 b/man/man5/notmuch-hooks.5
index 9fec30fb..11c55ddd 100644
--- a/man/man5/notmuch-hooks.5
+++ b/man/man5/notmuch-hooks.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-HOOKS 5 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-HOOKS 5 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-hooks \- hooks for notmuch
diff --git a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7
index 0f8b1860..a768b630 100644
--- a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7
+++ b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NOTMUCH-SEARCH-TERMS 7 2013-12-28 "Notmuch 0.17~rc4"
+.TH NOTMUCH-SEARCH-TERMS 7 2013-12-30 "Notmuch 0.17"
 
 .SH NAME
 notmuch-search-terms \- syntax for notmuch queries
diff --git a/version b/version
index fb5096cf..50653ad0 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.17~rc4
+0.17