Bump version to 0.17.0 for next release (#5243)

Now that 0.16.0 is out the door this commit bumps
the version to 0.17.0 for the next release.

Mergify backport targets 0.16.0 release

.mergify.yml

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ pull_request_rules:
     actions:
       backport:
         branches:
-          - stable/0.15
+          - stable/0.16

docs/conf.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ author = 'Qiskit Development Team'
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.16.0'
+release = '0.17.0'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 

qiskit/VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.0
+0.17.0

setup.py

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ with open(README_PATH) as readme_file:
 
 setup(
     name="qiskit-terra",
-    version="0.16.0",
+    version="0.17.0",
     description="Software for developing quantum computing programs",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',