[Quantum] Update version and history info for az quantum extension 0.17.0

src/quantum/HISTORY.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+0.17.0
+++++++
+* [2022-10-14] Version intended to work with QDK version 0.26.233415
+* The `az quantum` reference documentation now indicates which command parameters are required, and missing-parameter error messages are more informative. See https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/quantum
+* You can submit jobs to the microsoft.simulator.resources-estimator target using the CLI.
+
 0.16.0
 ++++++
 * [2022-06-30] Version intended to work with QDK version 0.25.218240

src/quantum/azext_quantum/__init__.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This is the version reported by the CLI to the service when submitting requests.
 # This should be in sync with the extension version in 'setup.py', unless we need to
 # submit using a different version.
-CLI_REPORTED_VERSION = "0.16.0"
+CLI_REPORTED_VERSION = "0.17.0"
 
 
 class QuantumCommandsLoader(AzCommandsLoader):

src/quantum/azext_quantum/_params.py

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ def get_action(self, values, option_string):
         params = {}
         for item in values:
             try:
-                    json_obj = shell_safe_json_parse(item)
-                    params.update(json_obj)
-            except CLIError as e:
+                json_obj = shell_safe_json_parse(item)
+                params.update(json_obj)
+            except CLIError:
                 try:
                     key, value = item.split('=', 1)
                     params[key] = value

src/quantum/setup.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # This version should match the latest entry in HISTORY.rst
 # Also, when updating this, please review the version used by the extension to
 # submit requests, which can be found at './azext_quantum/__init__.py'
-VERSION = '0.16.0'
+VERSION = '0.17.0'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers