From 6ad306b66cbed94e2fad4019b2b13e7eecfab9f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Henderson <tomh@tomh.org>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 08:01:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] prepare for next release

---
 CHANGES.html  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 RELEASE_NOTES | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGES.html b/CHANGES.html
index 1d6e01b33..16da31444 100644
--- a/CHANGES.html
+++ b/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>
 
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 12cb24aa6..8c72e98ac 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/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
 ============