update release notes

Signed-off-by: Jose Borreguero <[email protected]>

.github/pull_request_template.md

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-## Description of the changes
+## Description of work:
+
+Check all that apply:
+- [ ] added [release notes](https://reflectivity-ui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes/index.html)
+(if not, provide an explanation in the work description)
+- [ ] updated documentation
+- [ ] Source added/refactored
+- [ ] Added unit tests
+- [ ] Added integration tests
+- [ ] Verified that tests requiring the /SNS and /HFIR filesystems pass without fail
 
 **References:**
-<!-- Links to related issues or pull requests -->
-<!-- Links to IBM EWM items if aaplicable -->
+- Links to IBM EWM items:
+- Links to related issues or pull requests:
+
 
-## Manual test for the reviewer
-<!-- Instructions for testing here. -->
+# Manual test for the reviewer
+([instructions to set up the environment](https://reflectivity-ui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer/environment.html))
 
-## Check list for the reviewer
+# Check list for the reviewer
+- [ ] [release notes](https://reflectivity-ui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes/index.html) updated,
+or an explanation is provided as to why release notes are unnecessary
 - [ ] best software practices
     + [ ] clearly named variables (better to be verbose in variable names)
     + [ ] code comments explaining the intent of code blocks
 - [ ] All the tests are passing
 - [ ] The documentation is up to date
 - [ ] code comments added when explaining intent
--
-## Check list for the pull request
-- [ ] source refactored/incremented
-- [ ] tests for my changes
-- [ ] updated the documentation accordingly

docs/releasenotes/index.rst

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-Release notes
+.. release_notes
+
+
+Release Notes
 =============
+Notes for major and minor releases. Notes for Patch releases are deferred.
 
-v3.0.0
+
+<Next Major or Minor Release>
+--------------
+(date of release, format YYYY-MM-DD)
+
+**Of interest to the User**:
+
+- MR #XYZ: one-liner description
+
+**Of interest to the Developer:**
+
+- MR #XYZ: one-liner description
+
+
+v3.2.0
+------
+2023-11-04
+
+**Of interest to the User**:
+
+- MR #96  drop functionality to save files in genx format
+- MR #94  fallback option for loading old data runs
+- MR #93  change the default size of the smoothing area, and to change the color map on the preview plot
+- MR #77  Clearly distinguish global and per-run options
+- MR #75  Export direct beam data
+- MR #74  Add plot toolbar buttons for log x-axis, log y-axis and R*Q^4
+- MR #73  Make messages in status bar disappear after 10 seconds
+
+
+**Of interest to the Developer:**
+
+- MR #88  Recalculate and replot reflectivity when global config is changed
+- MR #79  Update codecov version and add token in actions.yml
+- MR #78  Add ConfigurationHandler which connects signals from global configuration parameter UI widgets to callbacks
+- MR #71  disable automatic Conda deployments
+
+
+v3.1.0
 ------
+2023-10-13
+
+**Of interest to the User**:
+
+- MR #67  Adjust the reduction table to make all data visible
+- MR #66  Display error message when "Normalize to unity when stitching" fails
+- MR #64  Stitching by fitting a polynomial
+- MR #63  Bugfix: Losing direct beam run
+- MR #61  Correct error bars of stitched reflectivity curves
+- MR #60 Publish documentation
+- MR #58 Global stitching
+- MR #52 Bugfix error in the x vs TOF plot for empty reflectivity curves
+- MR #51 Fix plot of smooth off-specular area
+- MR #48 Fix broken IO when saving off-specular data
 
-Work-in-progress, will update the announcement when it's ready.
+
+**Of interest to the Developer:**
+
+- MR #57 Remove class ApplicationConfiguration
+- MR #54 Unit testing for stitching
+- MR #46 Update enviroment.yml with mantidworkbench
+
+
+v3.0.0
+------
+2023-04-25