Import v1.7.1 release notes
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.. towncrier release notes start
+cocotb 1.7.1 (2022-09-17)
+=========================
+
+Bugfixes
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+
+- Fixed the packaging of the source distribution (sdist) to include all necessary files. (:pr:`3072`)
+- Documented the fact that ``libstdc++-static`` needs to be available on some Linux distributions to install cocotb from source. (:pr:`3082`)
+
cocotb 1.7.0 (2022-09-06)
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