Backport changelog of 1.7.1 to master
The 1.7.1 entry was created on the 1-7-stable branch but we want to see it on master too. This does not need a changelog entry itself, I think.
The 1.7.1 entry was created on the 1-7-stable branch but we want to see it on master too. This does not need a changelog entry itself, I think.