add template for release notes

development-docs/release-template.md

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+## Template to be copy-pasted as a template for new release notes.
+
+---
+
+<!--
+  I don't make a discussion thread for every release.  Github has a button to make a discussion thread for a release.
+  Then I update the discussion thread to remove the release notes and instead link to the release.
+-->
+Questions about this release? Ask in the official discussion thread: #TODO
+
+<!-- only for major releases -->
+
+*Breaking changes are prefixed with **[BREAKING]***
+
+**Added**
+
+- Adds description of thing added (#Issue, #PR, #etc) @contributor-name
+  <!-- list any and all relevant issues and PRs in parens above; you are not limited to exactly 1 issue and 1 PR -->
+  <!-- nor are you limited to linking each only once.  Sometimes a single PR pertains to multiple changelog entries; link to it from each -->
+  - Optionally add details ([docs](link to docs))
+  - Or multiple docs links ([CLI docs](link to docusaurus page), [API docs](link to typedoc page))
+
+**Changed**
+
+- **[BREAKING]** Make yadda yadda...
+
+**Deprecated**
+
+**Removed**
+
+**Fixed**
+
+- Fix #TODO: Description of fix (#Issue, #PR, #etc)
+
+**Docs**
+
+- In the past I've documented major improvements to docs, new docsite, new docs sections about confusing bits
+- In general should avoid changelog entries that do not affect ts-node consumers
+
+**Misc**
+
+- In the past I've documented improvements to testing, codecov, etc.
+- In general should avoid changelog entries that do not affect ts-node consumers
+
+https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/compare/vTODO...vTODO
+https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/milestone/TODO
+
+---
+
+## Discussion thread template
+
+---
+
+Discussion thread for the vTODO release.
+
+[Release notes](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/releases/tag/vTODO)