initial release notes for 17.09

doc/source/releases/17.09_announce.rst

@@ -3,8 +3,41 @@
 September 2017 Galaxy Release (v 17.09)
 ===========================================================
 
+.. include:: _header.rst
 
-Schedule
+Highlights
 ===========================================================
- * Planned Freeze Date: 2017-09-04
- * Planned Release Date: 2017-09-25
+
+**Feature1**
+  Feature description.
+
+**Feature2**
+  Feature description.
+
+**Feature3**
+  Feature description.
+
+Get Galaxy
+==========
+
+The code lives at `Github <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy>`__ and you should have `Git <https://git-scm.com/>`__ to obtain it.
+
+To get a new Galaxy repository run:
+  .. code-block:: shell
+
+      $ git clone -b release_17.09 https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy.git
+
+To update an existing Galaxy repository run:
+  .. code-block:: shell
+
+      $ git checkout release_17.09 && git pull --ff-only origin release_17.09
+
+See `our wiki <https://galaxyproject.org/develop/source-code/>`__ for additional details regarding the source code locations.
+
+Release Notes
+===========================================================
+
+.. include:: 17.09.rst
+   :start-after: announce_start
+
+.. include:: _thanks.rst

doc/source/releases/18.01_announce.rst

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+
+===========================================================
+January 2018 Galaxy Release (v 18.01)
+===========================================================
+
+
+Schedule
+===========================================================
+ * Planned Freeze Date: 2018-01-08
+ * Planned Release Date: 2018-01-29