Pulsar Client Node 1.17.0

What's Changed

• bump master version to 1.17.0-rc.0 by @shibd in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/447
• Update release process doc by @shibd in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/448
• [fix][client] Return client close promise by @nassero in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/457
• Bump cpp client version to v4.0.1 by @BewareMyPower in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/451
• Bump minimatch by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/461
• [fix] off-by-one malloc by @klaatu01 in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/458
• Bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/450
• Bump js-yaml from 3.14.1 to 3.14.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/442
• Upgrade node-pre-gyp to 2.0.3 by @shibd in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/462
• [fix][ci] Fix security vulnerabilities and upgrade CI toolchain by @shibd in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/465
• Bump tar from 7.5.9 to 7.5.10 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/467
• Bump tar from 7.5.10 to 7.5.11 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/468
• Bump picomatch from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/470
• Bump flatted from 3.3.3 to 3.4.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/469
• [fix][ci] Pin approved docker GitHub Actions by @shibd in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/472
• Bump cpp version to 4.1.0 by @shibd in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/471

New Contributors

• @nassero made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/pull/457

Full Changelog: https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-node/compare/v1.16.0...v1.17.0