From cbac5c37a7f7915c1f5897b677ae186bc1af69c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mirek Kratochvil <miroslav.kratochvil@uni.lu>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 11:05:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] soften the recommendation on reading the guidelines PDF

...which in turn are not really authoritative.
---
 .../phdThesisTemplate/phdThesisTemplate.md       | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/external/publication/phdThesisTemplate/phdThesisTemplate.md b/external/publication/phdThesisTemplate/phdThesisTemplate.md
index 508b0ea5..e0358843 100644
--- a/external/publication/phdThesisTemplate/phdThesisTemplate.md
+++ b/external/publication/phdThesisTemplate/phdThesisTemplate.md
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ A LaTeX template for PhD theses is available in GitLab at
 
 The repository includes several main items of interest:
 
-- In the `guidelines/` directory, there is **a snapshot of the official
-  "Practical information for Prospective PhD candidates" PDF**, which contains
-  the official recommendations regarding the thesis formatting. It is suggested
-  that you read these carefully, as these are the _official_ recommendations.
-  The snapshot is provided there only for convenience and its version is not
-  necessarily authoritative -- ask your supervisor and committee if there is a
-  newer version.
+- In the `guidelines/` directory, there is a snapshot of the official
+  "Practical information for Prospective PhD candidates" PDF, which contains
+  some official recommendations regarding the thesis formatting.  The snapshot
+  is provided there only for convenience and its version is not necessarily
+  authoritative -- ask your supervisor and committee if there is a newer
+  version.
 
 - **The thesis template itself**, present mainly in files `thesis.tex` and
   `macros.tex`. You are supposed to fill in your credentials into
@@ -56,7 +55,8 @@ include the following:
 - Because the official recommendations and requirements on the thesis form may
   change in the future, **in case you find any serious discrepancy between the
   current recommendations and the thesis template, please let the template
-  maintiners know** by opening the issue, so that it can get corrected.
+  maintiners know** by opening the issue, so that it can get corrected. If
+  possible, attach whatever document that summarizes the new guidelines.
 - If you require some specific LaTeX functionality that you think should be
   present in the template (such as advanced indexes, lists of
   floats/figures/tables, special typesetting and fonts, ...).
-- 
GitLab