Prepare config.py and changelog for next release

CHANGELOG

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 External contributors notice at the end of the line: (LastName, FirstName / nick)
 
 
+## 2022-01-15 1.7.1
+Fluajho is now complete. All further updates will be maintenance and bugfixes.
+The save file (and therefore NSM Sessions) format is now permanently stable.
+This CHANGELOG is now available through the programs help menu directly.
+Improvement on the codebase to make future maintenance easier.
+
+
 ## 2021-11-15 1.7.0
 New quick-select widget for midi-input hardware.
 Fix regression in "ignore program changes".

documentation/out/CHANGELOG

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+../../CHANGELOG

engine/config.py

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     #release announcements, entries in software directories etc.
     "tagline" : 'SF2 soundfont sample player for JACK based on Fluidsynth.',
 
-    "version" : "1.7.0",
-    "year" : "2021",
+    "version" : "1.7.1",
+    "year" : "2022",
     "author" : "Laborejo Software Suite",
     "url" : "https://www.laborejo.org/fluajho",
 
@@ -51,17 +51,27 @@ METADATA={
 "Fluajho" (with jh as in pleasure) means fluid in Esperanto. It is a simple sf2 soundfont
 host/player for Linux. Behind the scenes the Fluidsynth library is at work, hence the name.
 
+This program is feature-complete with version 1.7.1 in 2022.
+Further releases will be limited to maintenance and fixing problems.
+
 .sf2 is an old file format for making MIDI signals audible through virtual instruments, although it
 is still in moderate use today.
 
-Why does Fluajho exist? There are many soundfont players for Linux,
+Why does Fluajho exist? There are already many soundfont players for Linux,
 most of them even based on Fluidsynth. Fluajho was written for a clearly defined use case:
 Load an .sf2 in the New Session Manager (Agordejo) and save the soundfont in the session directory.
 This makes it possible to archive the session, for example as a backup or to share it.
 
+If you already have a DAW, host or plugin that reliably saves soundfont files together with the
+session you do not need Fluajho.
+
 You can load one soundfont file per Fluajho instance. Each instance holds 16 of the soundfonts
-instruments that can be assigned to 16 MIDI channels. Finally connect external sequencers, such as
-Laborejo, Patroneo or Vico, through JACK-Midi to play the instruments.
+instruments that can be assigned to 16 MIDI channels. All access to MIDI parameters like Volume or
+Pan needs to be done via midi control changes.
+
+Finally connect external sequencers, such as Laborejo or Patroneo, through JACK-Midi to play the
+instruments. There is only one JACK-Midi input but each of the 16 midi channels has it's own stereo
+JACK audio output. Additionally there is a stereo mix output pair.
 """,
 
     "dependencies" : "\n".join("* "+dep for dep in ("Fluidsynth", )),

mypy.ini

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+template/mypy.ini