Updated changelog from v3.0.x branch

CHANGELOG.md

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+## 3.0.18
+
+Released: January 26, 2018
+
+(Packaged from 44ef46c81)
+
+    - SVG parser - fixed logic for calculating dimensions when `width` and `height` expressed in
+      percentage units (#3812)
+    - New improved `interior` placement algorithm (#3839)
+    - Fixed handling of an empty interior rings in `polygon_vertex_processor` (#3833)
+    - Fixed handling of an empty interior rings in `vertex_adapter' (#3842)(#3838)
+
+## 3.0.17
+
+Released: November 29, 2017
+
+(Packaged from ebdd96c61)
+
+    - Use `Scons 3` as an internal build sytsem + support both Python 2 and 3.
+    - Added glibcxx workaround to support libstdc++-4.8
+
+## 3.0.16
+
+Released: November 16, 2017
+
+(Packaged from 8d7b75e)
+
+    - Added "strict" SVG parsing mode with consistent error handling  and disabled processing of unsupported attributes.
+    - Added support for `<use>` element.
+    - Implemented compile time string literal to integer conversion, to be able to convert large `if/else if/else` statements to `switch`.
+    - WKB reader - pre-allocate optimisations in `multi_polygon` and `geometry_collection`.
+    - Set alpha values in RGBA TIFFs even when `NODATA` value is pesent.
+    - Support building with ICU >= 59.
+    - SCons - added ICU_DATA, PROJ_LIB and GDAL_DATA settings, available via `mapnik-config`
+    - Fixed centroid and interior text placement algorithms (#3771)
+    - Fixed memory leak (#3775)
+    - SVG parser - fixed default gradient vector in linear gradient.
+    - Fixed bounding box collection logic (#3709)
+
+
 ## 3.0.15
 
 Released: June 16, 2017