Add release notes to the process (#481)

And also start a stub so that we can do this as we go in the future (hopefully)

Signed-off-by: Ben Cotton <ben@kusari.dev>

Author: funnelfiasco

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.yaml

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ body:
             Move the link to the "current" version in `docs/index.md` to the "previous versions" list
         - label: |
             Add the link to the new version to the "current version" in `docs/index.md` (e.g. `Current version: [2025-02-04](versions/2025-02-04]`). Be sure to use the HTML syntax for the link to the checklist in order to have Jekyll link to the markdown version instead of an html version.
+        - label: |
+            Make sure the `docs/versions/release_notes.md` file contains an accurate list of changes and is not commented out.
         - label: |
             Open a pull request with the above changes
         - label: |

docs/release_notes.md

@@ -1,5 +1,63 @@
 # OSPS Baseline release notes
 
+<!-- Use the template below to start the release notes for the next version. -->
+
+<!--
+## TEMPLATE
+
+### New controls
+
+* Level 1
+    * (none)
+* Level 2
+    * (none)
+* Level 3
+    * (none)
+
+### Modified controls
+
+(none)
+
+### Removed controls
+
+(none)
+
+### New control mappings
+
+(none)
+
+### Other changes
+
+-->
+
+<!--
+## Next release, commented out until we have a date and are about ready to release
+
+### New controls
+
+* Level 1
+    * (none)
+* Level 2
+    * (none)
+* Level 3
+    * (none)
+
+### Modified controls
+
+(none)
+
+### Removed controls
+
+(none)
+
+### New control mappings
+
+(none)
+
+### Other changes
+
+-->
+
 ## 2026-02-19
 
 ### New controls