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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
+
+.. |yocto-codename| replace:: whinlatter
+.. |yocto-ver| replace:: 5.3
+.. Note: anchors id below cannot contain substitutions so replace them with the
+   value of |yocto-ver| above.
+
+Release notes for |yocto-ver| (|yocto-codename|)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+New Features / Enhancements in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Linux kernel XXX, gcc XXX, glibc XXX, LLVM XXX, and over XXX other
+   recipe upgrades.
+
+-  Minimum Python version required on the host: XXX.
+
+-  New variables:
+
+-  Kernel-related changes:
+
+-  New core recipes:
+
+-  New core classes:
+
+-  Architecture-specific changes:
+
+-  QEMU / ``runqemu`` changes:
+
+-  Documentation changes:
+
+-  Go changes:
+
+-  Rust changes:
+
+-  Wic Image Creator changes:
+
+-  SDK-related changes:
+
+-  Testing-related changes:
+
+-  Utility script changes:
+
+-  BitBake changes:
+
+-  Packaging changes:
+
+-  LLVM related changes:
+
+-  SPDX-related changes:
+
+-  ``devtool`` changes:
+
+-  Patchtest-related changes:
+
+-  :ref:`ref-classes-insane` class related changes:
+
+-  Security changes:
+
+-  :ref:`ref-classes-cve-check` changes:
+
+-  New :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` options for individual recipes:
+
+-  Systemd related changes:
+
+-  :ref:`ref-classes-sanity` class changes:
+
+-  Miscellaneous changes:
+
+Known Issues in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Recipe License changes in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following changes have been made to the :term:`LICENSE` values set by recipes:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 20 40 40
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Recipe
+     - Previous value
+     - New value
+   * - ``recipe name``
+     - Previous value
+     - New value
+
+Security Fixes in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following CVEs have been fixed:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 30 70
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Recipe
+     - CVE IDs
+   * - ``recipe name``
+     - :cve_nist:`xxx-xxxx`, ...
+
+Recipe Upgrades in |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following recipes have been upgraded:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 20 40 40
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Recipe
+     - Previous version
+     - New version
+   * - ``recipe name``
+     - Previous version
+     - New version
+
+Contributors to |yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release:
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-|yocto-ver|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~