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+YARP <yarp-3.11> (UNRELEASED)                                         {#yarp_3_11}
+============================
+
+[TOC]
+
+YARP <yarp-3.11> Release Notes
+=============================
+
+
+A (partial) list of bug fixed and issues resolved in this release can be found
+[here](https://github.com/robotology/yarp/issues?q=label%3A%22Fixed+in%3A+YARP+yarp-3.11%22).
+
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+This is a placeholder.
+
+Please add in this folder a `.md` file for each branch, pull request or
+important change targeting the relative branch.
+This file will be not included in the documentation (intentionally) because it is not a .md/.dox file.
+
+Each file should have this format
+
+```
+branch_name {#yarp_3_11}
+-----------
+
+* Branch changes
+```