diff --git a/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
index bfb47b9..b5376ab 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
+++ b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,259 @@
 NFD Release Notes
 =================
 
+NFD version 0.3.0 (changes since version 0.2.0)
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Release date: February 2, 2015
+
+
+New features:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- **Build**
+
+  + The code now requires C++11.  The minimum supported gcc version is 4.6, as earlier versions
+    do not have proper support for C++11 features.
+
+- **Faces**
+
+  + Enable detection of WebSocket connection failures using ping/pong messages (:issue:`1903`)
+
+  + In EthernetFace:
+
+    * Avoid putting the NIC in promiscuous mode if possible (:issue:`1278`)
+
+    * Report packets dropped by the kernel if debug is enabled (:issue:`2441`)
+
+    * Integrate NDNLP fragmentation (:issue:`1209`)
+
+- **Forwarding**
+
+  + Strategy versioning (:issue:`1893`)
+
+  + New Dead Nonce List table to supplement PIT for loop detection (:issue:`1953`)
+
+  + Abstract retransmission suppression logic (:issue:`2377`)
+
+  + New forwarding strategy for access router (:issue:`1999`)
+
+- **Management**
+
+  + Add config file-based strategy selection (:issue:`2053`)
+
+    The sample config file now includes strategy selection for ``/``, ``/localhost``,
+    ``/localhost/nfd``, and ``/ndn/broadcast`` namespaces as follows:
+
+    ::
+
+        tables
+        {
+          ...
+          strategy_choice
+          {
+            /               /localhost/nfd/strategy/best-route
+            /localhost      /localhost/nfd/strategy/broadcast
+            /localhost/nfd  /localhost/nfd/strategy/best-route
+            /ndn/broadcast  /localhost/nfd/strategy/broadcast
+          }
+        }
+
+  + Implement Query Operation in FaceManager (:issue:`1993`)
+
+  + FaceManager now responds with producer-generated NACK when query is invalid (:issue:`1993`)
+
+  + Add functionality for automatic remote prefix registration (:issue:`2056`)
+
+  + Only canonical FaceUri are allowed in faces/create commands (:issue:`1910`)
+
+- **Tables**
+
+  + StrategyInfoHost can now store multiple StrategyInfo of distinct types (:issue:`2240`)
+
+  + Enable iteration over PIT and CS entries (:issue:`2339`)
+
+  + Allow predicate to be specified in Measurements::findLongestPrefixMatch (:issue:`2314`)
+
+  + Calculate the implicit digest of Data packets in CS only when necessary (:issue:`1706`)
+
+- **Tools**
+
+  + Publish ``/localhop/ndn-autoconf/routable-prefixes`` from ``ndn-autoconfig-server``
+    (:issue:`1954`)
+
+  + Display detailed NFD software verion in ``nfd-status-http-server`` and ``nfd-status``
+    (:issue:`1916`)
+
+  + ``nfdc`` now accepts FaceUri in all commands (:issue:`1995`)
+
+  + Add daemon mode for ``ndn-autoconfig`` to re-run detection when connectivity changes
+    (:issue:`2417`)
+
+- **Core**
+
+  + New scheduler::ScopedEventId class to automatically handle scheduled event lifetime
+    (:issue:`2295`)
+
+Updates and bug fixes:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- **Documentation**
+
+  + NFD Developer's guide has been updated to reflect changes in the codebase
+
+  + Installation instruction updates
+
+  + Update of config file instructions for disabling unix sockets (:issue:`2190`)
+
+- **Core**
+
+  + Use implementations moved to ndn-cxx library
+
+     + Use Signal from ndn-cxx (:issue:`2272`, :issue:`2300`)
+
+     + use ethernet::Address from ndn-cxx (:issue:`2142`)
+
+     + Use MAX_NDN_PACKET_SIZE constant from ndn-cxx (:issue:`2099`)
+
+     + Use DEFAULT_INTEREST_LIFETIME from ndn-cxx (:issue:`2202`)
+
+     + Use FaceUri from ndn-cxx (:issue:`2143`)
+
+     + Use DummyClientFace from ndn-cxx (:issue:`2186`)
+
+     + Use ndn::dns from ndn-cxx (:issue:`2207`)
+
+  + Move Network class implementation from ``tools/`` to ``core/``
+
+  + Ignore non-Ethernet ``AF_LINK`` addresses when enumerating NICs on OSX and other BSD systems
+
+  + Fix bug on not properly setting FreshnessPeriod inside SegmentPublisher (:issue:`2438`)
+
+- **Faces**
+
+  + Fix spurious assertion failure in StreamFace (:issue:`1856`)
+
+  + Update websocketpp submodule (:issue:`1903`)
+
+  + Replace FaceFlags with individual fields (:issue:`1992`)
+
+  + Drop WebSocket message if the size is larger than maximum NDN packet size (:issue:`2081`)
+
+  + Make EthernetFace more robust against errors (:issue:`1984`)
+
+  + Prevent potential infinite loop in TcpFactory and UdpFactory (:issue:`2292`)
+
+  + Prevent crashes when attempting to create a UdpFace over a half-working connection
+    (:issue:`2311`)
+
+  + Support MTU larger than 1500 in EthernetFace (for jumbo frames) (:issue:`2305`)
+
+  + Re-enable EthernetFace on OS X platform with boost >=1.57.0 (:issue:`1922`)
+
+  + Fix ``ioctl()`` calls on platforms where libpcap uses ``/dev/bpf*`` (:issue:`2327`)
+
+  + Fix overhead estimation in NDNLP slicer (:issue:`2317`)
+
+  + Replace usage of deprecated EventEmitter with Signal in Face abstractions (:issue:`2300`)
+
+  + Fix NDNLP PartialMessage cleanup scheduling (:issue:`2414`)
+
+  + Remove unnecessary use of DNS resolver in (Udp|Tcp|WebSocket)Factory (:issue:`2422`)
+
+- **Forwarding**
+
+  + Updates related to NccStrategy
+
+    * Fix to prevent remembering of suboptimal upstreams (:issue:`1961`)
+
+    * Optimizing FwNccStrategy/FavorRespondingUpstream test case (:issue:`2037`)
+
+    * Proper detection for new PIT entry (:issue:`1971`)
+
+    * Use UnitTestTimeFixture in NCC test case (:issue:`2163`)
+
+    * Fix loop back to sole downstream (:issue:`1998`)
+
+  + Updates related to BestRoute strategy
+
+    + Redesign best-route v2 strategy test case (:issue:`2126`)
+
+    + Fix clang compilation error in best-route v2 test case (:issue:`2179`)
+
+    + Use UnitTestClock in BestRouteStrategy2 test (:issue:`2160`)
+
+  + Allow strategies limited access to FaceTable (:issue:`2272`)
+
+- **Tables**
+
+  + Ensure that eviction of unsolicited Data is done in FIFO order (:issue:`2043`)
+
+  + Simplify table implementations with C++11 features (:issue:`2100`)
+
+  + Fix issue with Fib::removeNextHopFromAllEntries invalidating NameTree iterator
+    (:issue:`2177`)
+
+  + Replace deprecated EventEmitter with Signal in FaceTable (:issue:`2272`)
+
+  + Refactored implementation of ContentStore based on std::set (:issue:`2254`)
+
+- **Management**
+
+  + Allow omitted FaceId in faces/create command (:issue:`2031`)
+
+  + Avoid deprecated ``ndn::nfd::Controller(Face&)`` constructor (:issue:`2039`)
+
+  + Enable check of command length before accessing verb (:issue:`2151`)
+
+  + Rename FaceEntry to Route (:issue:`2159`)
+
+  + Insert RIB command prefixes into RIB (:issue:`2312`)
+
+- **Tools**
+
+  + Display face attribute fields instead of FaceFlags in ``nfd-status`` and
+    ``nfd-status-http-server`` output (:issue:`1991`)
+
+  + Fix ``nfd-status-http-server`` hanging when nfd-status output is >64k (:issue:`2121`)
+
+  + Ensure that ``ndn-autoconfig`` canonizes FaceUri before sending commands to NFD
+    (:issue:`2387`)
+
+  + Refactored ndn-autoconfig implementation (:issue:`2421`)
+
+  + ndn-autoconfig will now register also ``/localhop/nfd`` prefix towards the hub (:issue:`2416`)
+
+- **Tests**
+
+  + Use UnitTestClock in Forwarder persistent loop test case (:issue:`2162`)
+
+  + Use LimitedIo in FwForwarder/SimpleExchange test case (:issue:`2161`)
+
+- **Build**
+
+  + Fix build error with python3 (:issue:`1302`)
+
+  + Embed CI build and test running script
+
+  + Properly disable assertions in release builds (:issue:`2139`)
+
+  + Embed setting of ``PKG_CONFIG_PATH`` variable to commonly used values (:issue:`2178`)
+
+  + Add conditional compilation for NetworkInterface and PrivilegeHelper
+
+  + Support tools with multiple translation units (:issue:`2344`)
+
+Removals
+^^^^^^^^
+
+- Remove ``listen`` option from unix channel configuration (:issue:`2188`)
+
+- Remove usage of deprecated ``MetaInfo::TYPE_*`` constants (:issue:`2128`)
+
+- Eliminate MapValueIterator in favor of ``boost::adaptors::map_values``
+
+****************************************************************************
+
 NFD version 0.2.0 (changes since version 0.1.0)
 -----------------------------------------------
 
@@ -21,109 +274,82 @@
 
 - **Core**
 
-  + Add support for temporary privilege drop and elevation (`Issue #1370
-    <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1370>`_)
+  + Add support for temporary privilege drop and elevation (:issue:`1370`)
 
   + Add support to reinitialize multicast Faces and (partially) reload config file
-    (`Issue #1584 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1584>`_)
+    (:issue:`1584`)
 
-  + Randomization routines are now uniform across all NFD modules
-    (`Issue #1369 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1369>`_)
+  + Randomization routines are now uniform across all NFD modules (:issue:`1369`)
 
-  + Enable use of new NDN naming conventions
-    (`Issue #1837 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1837>`_ and
-    `#1838 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1838>`_)
+  + Enable use of new NDN naming conventions (:issue:`1837` and :issue:`1838`)
 
 - **Faces**
 
-  + `WebSocket <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455>`_ Face support
-    (`Issue #1468 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1468>`_)
+  + `WebSocket <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455>`_ Face support (:issue:`1468`)
 
-  + Fix Ethernet Face support on Linux with ``libpcap`` version >=1.5.0
-    (`Issue #1511 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1511>`_)
+  + Fix Ethernet Face support on Linux with ``libpcap`` version >=1.5.0 (:issue:`1511`)
 
-  + Fix to recognize IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses in ``FaceUri``
-    (`Issue #1635 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1635>`_)
+  + Fix to recognize IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses in ``FaceUri`` (:issue:`1635`)
 
-  + Fix to avoid multiple onFail events
-    (`Issue #1497 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1497>`_)
+  + Fix to avoid multiple onFail events (:issue:`1497`)
 
-  + Fix broken support of multicast UDP Faces on OSX
-    (`Issue #1668 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1668>`_)
+  + Fix broken support of multicast UDP Faces on OSX (:issue:`1668`)
 
-  + On Linux, path MTU discovery on unicast UDPv4 faces is now disabled
-    (`Issue #1651 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1651>`_)
+  + On Linux, path MTU discovery on unicast UDPv4 faces is now disabled (:issue:`1651`)
 
-  + Added link layer byte counts in FaceCounters
-    (`Issue #1729 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1729>`_)
+  + Added link layer byte counts in FaceCounters (:issue:`1729`)
 
-  + Face IDs 0-255 are now reserved for internal NFD use
-    (`Issue #1620 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1620>`_)
+  + Face IDs 0-255 are now reserved for internal NFD use (:issue:`1620`)
 
-  + Serialized StreamFace::send(Interest|Data) operations using queue
-    (`Issue #1777 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1777>`_)
+  + Serialized StreamFace::send(Interest|Data) operations using queue (:issue:`1777`)
 
 - **Forwarding**
 
-  + Outgoing Interest pipeline now allows strategies to request a fresh ``Nonce``
-    (e.g., when the strategy needs to re-express the Interest)
-    (`Issue #1596 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1596>`_)
+  + Outgoing Interest pipeline now allows strategies to request a fresh ``Nonce`` (e.g., when
+    the strategy needs to re-express the Interest) (:issue:`1596`)
 
   + Fix in the incoming Data pipeline to avoid sending packets to the incoming Face
-    (`Issue #1556 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1556>`_)
+    (:issue:`1556`)
 
-  + New ``RttEstimator`` class that implements the Mean-Deviation RTT estimator to be used
-    in forwarding strategies
+  + New ``RttEstimator`` class that implements the Mean-Deviation RTT estimator to be used in
+    forwarding strategies
 
-  + Fix memory leak caused by not removing PIT entry when Interest matches CS
-    (`Issue #1882 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1882>`_)
+  + Fix memory leak caused by not removing PIT entry when Interest matches CS (:issue:`1882`)
 
-  + Fix spurious assertion in NCC strategy
-    (`Issue #1853 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1853>`_)
+  + Fix spurious assertion in NCC strategy (:issue:`1853`)
 
 - **Tables**
 
   + Fix in ContentStore to properly adjust internal structure when ``Cs::setLimit`` is called
-    (`Issue #1646 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1646>`_)
+    (:issue:`1646`)
 
-  + New option in configuration file to set an upper bound on ContentStore size
-    (`Issue #1623 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1623>`_)
+  + New option in configuration file to set an upper bound on ContentStore size (:issue:`1623`)
 
-  + Fix to prevent infinite lifetime of Measurement entries
-    (`Issue #1665 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1665>`_)
+  + Fix to prevent infinite lifetime of Measurement entries (:issue:`1665`)
 
-  + Introducing capacity limit in PIT NonceList
-    (`Issue #1770 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1770>`_)
+  + Introducing capacity limit in PIT NonceList (:issue:`1770`)
 
-  + Fix memory leak in NameTree
-    (`Issue #1803 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1803>`_)
+  + Fix memory leak in NameTree (:issue:`1803`)
 
-  + Fix segfault during Fib::removeNextHopFromAllEntries
-    (`Issue #1816 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1816>`_)
+  + Fix segfault during Fib::removeNextHopFromAllEntries (:issue:`1816`)
 
 - **Management**
 
-  + RibManager now fully support ``CHILD_INHERIT`` and ``CAPTURE`` flags
-    (`Issue #1325 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1325>`_)
+  + RibManager now fully support ``CHILD_INHERIT`` and ``CAPTURE`` flags (:issue:`1325`)
 
-  + Fix in ``FaceManager`` to respond with canonical form of Face URI for Face creation
-    command (`Issue #1619 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1619>`_)
+  + Fix in ``FaceManager`` to respond with canonical form of Face URI for Face creation command
+    (:issue:`1619`)
 
-  + Fix to prevent creation of duplicate TCP/UDP Faces due to async calls
-    (`Issue #1680 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1680>`_)
+  + Fix to prevent creation of duplicate TCP/UDP Faces due to async calls (:issue:`1680`)
 
-  + Fix to properly handle optional ExpirationPeriod in RibRegister command
-    (`Issue #1772 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1772>`_)
+  + Fix to properly handle optional ExpirationPeriod in RibRegister command (:issue:`1772`)
 
-  + Added functionality of publishing RIB status (RIB dataset) by RibManager
-    (`Issue #1662 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1662>`_)
+  + Added functionality of publishing RIB status (RIB dataset) by RibManager (:issue:`1662`)
 
-  + Fix issue of not properly canceling route expiration during processing of
-    ``unregister`` command
-    (`Issue #1902 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1902>`_)
+  + Fix issue of not properly canceling route expiration during processing of ``unregister``
+    command (:issue:`1902`)
 
-  + Enable periodic clean up of route entries that refer to non-existing faces
-    (`Issue #1875 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1875>`_)
+  + Enable periodic clean up of route entries that refer to non-existing faces (:issue:`1875`)
 
 - **Tools**
 
@@ -140,10 +366,9 @@
 
      * HTTP server now presents status as XSL-formatted XML page
      * XML dataset and formatted page now include certificate name of the corresponding NFD
-       (`Issue #1807 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1807>`_)
+       (:issue:`1807`)
 
-  + Several fixes in ``ndn-autoconfig`` tool
-    (`Issue #1595 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1595>`_)
+  + Several fixes in ``ndn-autoconfig`` tool (:issue:`1595`)
 
   + Extended options in ``nfdc``:
 
@@ -151,12 +376,10 @@
     * ``-o`` to specify origin for registration and unregistration commands
 
   + Enable ``all-faces-prefix'' option in ``nfd-autoreg`` to register prefix for all face
-    (on-demand and non-on-demand)
-    (`Issue #1861 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1861>`_)
+    (on-demand and non-on-demand) (:issue:`1861`)
 
-  + Enable processing auto-registration in ``nfd-autoreg`` for faces that existed
-    prior to start of the tool
-    (`Issue #1863 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1863>`_)
+  + Enable processing auto-registration in ``nfd-autoreg`` for faces that existed prior to
+    start of the tool (:issue:`1863`)
 
 - **Build**
 
@@ -165,6 +388,8 @@
 - `Other small fixes and extensions
   <https://github.com/named-data/NFD/compare/NFD-0.1.0...master>`_
 
+****************************************************************************
+
 NFD version 0.1.0
 -----------------