We also took the opportunity of this release to update the resource.db.php located under the extras folder of the package. This file is fixing a problem that may occur with modules not having their templates under module/dirname/templates/. Please carefully read extras/readme.txt for all information.
This package is a Release Candidate and should not be use on production environment. Use it at your own risk. If no new bugs are discovered in this RC release, the XOOPS 2.0.17.1 final should be released within 2 weeks.