release 1.7.1 to sync with BioC (#223)

closes #203

[skip actions] Bump version to 1.0.1.9003

[skip actions] Bump version to 0.99.5.9009

[skip actions] Bump version to 0.99.5.9004.1

[skip actions] Bump version to 0.99.5.9001.2

[actions skip] vbump (#170)

* vbump

* pkgdown linting

* lint

* remove hash

Co-authored-by: kpagacz <[email protected]>

[actions skip] vbump (#170)

* vbump

* pkgdown linting

* lint

* remove hash

Co-authored-by: kpagacz <[email protected]>

116: sanitize error message from vst (#117)

116: sanitize error message from vst (#117)