prepare for next release

CHANGES.html

@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ the cracks, unfortunately.  If you, as a user, can suggest improvements
 to this file based on your experience, please contribute a patch or drop
 us a note on ns-developers mailing list.</p>
 
+<hr>
+<h1>Changes from ns-3.17 to ns-3.18</h1>
+
+<h2>New API:</h2>
+<ul>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Changes to existing API:</h2>
+<ul>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Changes to build system:</h2>
+<ul>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>Changed behavior:</h2>
+<ul>
+</ul>
+
 <hr>
 <h1>Changes from ns-3.16 to ns-3.17</h1>
 

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@ http://www.nsnam.org including tutorials: http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
 Consult the file CHANGES.html for more detailed information about changed
 API and behavior across ns-3 releases.
 
+Release 3-dev
+=============
+
+Availability
+------------
+This release is not yet available.
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+
+New user-visible features
+-------------------------
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+Known issues
+------------
+In general, known issues are tracked on the project tracker available
+at http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/
+
 Release 3.17
 ============