soften the recommendation on reading the guidelines PDF

...which in turn are not really authoritative.

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, ...).