RELEASE:1.7.0

[gargsaumya]

Work Item / Issue Reference

AB#45033

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Summary

Bumps version to 1.7.0 and updates release notes.

Version updates:

• mssql_python/init.py: version = "1.7.0"
• setup.py: version="1.7.0"
• PyPI_Description.md: Added ## What's new in v1.7.0 section

Enhancements:

• UTF-16 string performance via simdutf (PERF: Handle utf16 strings using simdutf and std::u16string #526)
• execute() hot path optimization: soft reset, prepare caching, guarded diagnostics (PERF: Optimize execute() hot path: soft reset, prepare caching, and guarded diagnostics  #528)

Bug Fixes:

• Login failures now raised as mssql_python exceptions instead of RuntimeError (FIX: GH-Issue (#532) - Login failures are raised as RuntimeError instead of a mssql_python exception #562)
• GIL released during all blocking ODBC calls - statement, fetch, transaction, connection attrs (FIX: Release GIL around blocking ODBC statement, fetch, and transaction calls (#540) #541, FIX: Release GIL around blocking SQLSetConnectAttr calls (#565) #568)
• executemany RuntimeError when decimals change signs (FIX: executemany RuntimeError when decimals change signs (GH-557) #560)
• CP1252 VARCHAR inconsistent retrieval Windows vs Linux (FIX: Inconsistent retrieval of CP1252 encoded data in VARCHAR columns - Windows vs. Linux #468 #495)
• manylinux_2_28 / RHEL 8 / glibc 2.28 wheel support (FIX: Add manylinux_2_28 build targets for RHEL 8 / glibc 2.28 compatibility #548)
• macOS Python 3.10 universal2 wheel (FIX: Produce universal2 wheel for Python 3.10 on macOS #542)
• BulkCopy empty string in NVARCHAR(MAX)/VARCHAR(MAX) - via mssql_py_core 0.1.4 (CHORE: Bump mssql-py-core to 0.1.4 #559)

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Pull request overview

This PR performs the 1.7.0 release bump for the mssql-python package by updating the package/version metadata and adding corresponding “What’s new” release notes for PyPI.

Changes:

• Bump package version to 1.7.0 in setup.py and mssql_python/__init__.py.
• Add a “What’s new in v1.7.0” section to PyPI_Description.md summarizing enhancements and fixes included in the release.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
setup.py	Updates the distribution version to 1.7.0 for packaging.
PyPI_Description.md	Adds 1.7.0 release notes for the PyPI long description.
mssql_python/init.py	Updates the runtime __version__ string to 1.7.0.

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mssql_python.pybind.build._deps.simdutf-src.src.haswell.implementation.cpp: 0.4%
mssql_python.pybind.build._deps.simdutf-src.src.implementation.cpp: 6.7%
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mssql_python.pybind.logger_bridge.cpp: 59.2%
mssql_python.pybind.ddbc_bindings.h: 59.7%
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mssql_python.pybind.logger_bridge.hpp: 70.8%
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