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 Document template suitable for use as a LaTeX master-file for bachelor's /
 master's thesis in University of Turku Department of Computing.
-Merge requests are welcome - if you find an issue, [please report to us](issues/new).
 
 Compatible with: ShareLaTeX, pdfLaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, LyX, latexmk.
 The template is configured to use the prebuilt TeXLive image available via
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 ## Documentation
 
 Online documentation available at
-**<https://tech.utugit.fi/soft/thesis/doc/doc/overview/>**
-(address changed 2021/04).
+**<https://tech.utugit.fi/soft/thesis/doc/doc/overview/>**.
 
-Also visit the [generated preview page](https://ttweb.utugit.fi/thesis)
-for a live demo of the rendered document.
+Visit the [generated preview page](https://ttweb.utugit.fi/thesis)
+for a live demo of the rendered document. When compiling your own
+thesis using GitLab CI/CD, considering using the [more lightweight
+CI/CD configuration](./.gitlab-ci-simple.yml) to speed up the compilation.
+
+## Bugs / improvements
+
+Merge requests and bug reports are welcome - if you find an issue,
+[please report to us](issues/new). There is also [another issue tracker
+for the documentation](https://gitlab.utu.fi/tech/soft/thesis/doc/-/issues/new).
+
+## Version history
+
+
+* 2019/12/20: Switched to pdf/a a-2b, list of acronyms with nomencl,
+fix tests, switch to a custom Dockerfile, add support+example demonstrating minted
+* 2019/05/28: Fixed app. page count for documents with multipage floating
+content in appendices, adjustments to options and font handling, documentation, options
+for handling long urls in the bibliography, removed unnecessary deps titlecaps & sverb
+* 2019/05/02: PDF/A-1b support (via pdfx), moved chead to cfoot, updated UTU logos
+* 2018/10/06: Got rid of startappendices and startpages. various fixes. cleanups
+* 2018/10/02: Removed redundant tutkielma.tex, fixed issues with appendices,
+small caps, added an option to enable the truetype times new roman font
+* 2018/08/29: Switch to document classes, xelatex, biblatex, and additional TeX scripting.
+Jari-Matti Mäkelä (jmjmak@utu.fi)
+* 2017/10/01 - 2016/9/22 additions marked "JH:", modified for use in tex.soft.utu.fi,
+Johannes Holvitie (jjholv@utu.fi)
+* 2015/09/05: Version 1.3, Sami Nuuttila (samnuutt@utu.fi)