Bump version to 0.9.18 (#17141)

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Co-authored-by: Zanie Blue <contact@zanie.dev>

Author: konstin

CHANGELOG.md

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+## 0.9.18
+
+Released on 2025-12-16.
+
+### Enhancements
+
+- Add value hints to command line arguments to improve shell completion accuracy ([#17080](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17080))
+- Improve error handling in `uv publish` ([#17096](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17096))
+- Improve rendering of multiline error messages ([#17132](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17132))
+- Support redirects in `uv publish` ([#17130](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17130))
+- Include Docker images with the alpine version, e.g., `python3.x-alpine3.23` ([#17100](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17100))
+
+### Configuration
+
+- Accept `--torch-backend` in `[tool.uv]` ([#17116](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17116))
+
+### Performance
+
+- Speed up `uv cache size` ([#17015](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17015))
+- Initialize S3 signer once ([#17092](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17092))
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Avoid panics due to reads on failed requests ([#17098](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17098))
+- Enforce latest-version in `@latest` requests ([#17114](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17114))
+- Explicitly set `EntryType` for file entries in tar ([#17043](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17043))
+- Ignore `pyproject.toml` index username in lockfile comparison ([#16995](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/16995))
+- Relax error when using `uv add` with `UV_GIT_LFS` set ([#17127](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17127))
+- Support file locks on ExFAT on macOS ([#17115](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17115))
+- Change schema for `exclude-newer` into optional string ([#17121](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17121))
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Drop arm musl caveat from Docker documentation ([#17111](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17111))
+- Fix version reference in resolver example ([#17085](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17085))
+- Better documentation for `exclude-newer*` ([#17079](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/17079))
+
 ## 0.9.17
 
 Released on 2025-12-09.
@@ -466,25 +503,25 @@ There are no breaking changes to [`uv_build`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts
 ### Breaking changes
 
 - **Python 3.14 is now the default stable version**
-  
+
   The default Python version has changed from 3.13 to 3.14. This applies to Python version installation when no Python version is requested, e.g., `uv python install`. By default, uv will use the system Python version if present, so this may not cause changes to general use of uv. For example, if Python 3.13 is installed already, then `uv venv` will use that version. If no Python versions are installed on a machine and automatic downloads are enabled, uv will now use 3.14 instead of 3.13, e.g., for `uv venv` or `uvx python`. This change will not affect users who are using a `.python-version` file to pin to a specific Python version.
 - **Allow use of free-threaded variants in Python 3.14+ without explicit opt-in** ([#16142](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/16142))
-  
+
   Previously, free-threaded variants of Python were considered experimental and required explicit opt-in (i.e., with `3.14t`) for usage. Now uv will allow use of free-threaded Python 3.14+ interpreters without explicit selection. The GIL-enabled build of Python will still be preferred, e.g., when performing an installation with `uv python install 3.14`. However, e.g., if a free-threaded interpreter comes before a GIL-enabled build on the `PATH`, it will be used. This change does not apply to free-threaded Python 3.13 interpreters, which will continue to require opt-in.
 - **Use Python 3.14 stable Docker images** ([#16150](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/16150))
-  
+
   Previously, the Python 3.14 images had an `-rc` suffix, e.g., `python:3.14-rc-alpine` or
 `python:3.14-rc-trixie`. Now, the `-rc` suffix has been removed to match the stable
 [upstream images](https://hub.docker.com/_/python). The `-rc` images tags will no longer be
 updated. This change should not break existing workflows.
 - **Upgrade Alpine Docker image to Alpine 3.22**
-  
+
   Previously, the `uv:alpine` Docker image was based on Alpine 3.21. Now, this image is based on Alpine 3.22. The previous image can be recovered with `uv:alpine3.21` and will continue to be updated until a future release.
 - **Upgrade Debian Docker images to Debian 13 "Trixie"**
-  
+
   Previously, the `uv:debian` and `uv:debian-slim` Docker images were based on Debian 12 "Bookworm". Now, these images are based on Debian 13 "Trixie". The previous images can be recovered with `uv:bookworm` and `uv:bookworm-slim` and will continue to be updated until a future release.
 - **Fix incorrect output path when a trailing `/` is used in `uv build`** ([#15133](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/15133))
-  
+
   When using `uv build` in a workspace, the artifacts are intended to be written to a `dist` directory in the workspace root. A bug caused workspace root determination to fail when the input path included a trailing `/` causing the `dist` directory to be placed in the child directory. This bug has been fixed in this release. For example, `uv build child/` is used, the output path will now be in `<workspace root>/dist/` rather than `<workspace root>/child/dist/`.
 
 ### Python