From d0389bb5cc8246f06f22209905a91fa042eadca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Lukasczyk <stephan@dante.de>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:02:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add hint on usage of base classes

---
 CHANGELOG.md  | 5 +++++
 se2thesis.dtx | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9dfd625..8e07373 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Add a hint on the usage of `scrreprt` as the base class if one wants to have
+  numbered bibliography or appendices.
+
 ## [v4.3.0] – 2024–07–23
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/se2thesis.dtx b/se2thesis.dtx
index 6aa5245..8185bfa 100644
--- a/se2thesis.dtx
+++ b/se2thesis.dtx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 % The bundle itself consists of several \LaTeX{} classes and packages
 % that also allow reuse of various parts of it.
 % Its main class is the \pkg{se2thesis} document class,
-% an extension of the \KOMAScript{} |scrreprt| document class.
+% an extension of the \KOMAScript{} |scrbook| document class.
 % The packages \pkg{se2colors} and \pkg{se2fonts} provide necessary
 % colour and font settings for the \pkg{se2thesis} class;
 % the \pkg{se2packages} allows to load several recommended packages~(see
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@
 %   \emph{Note:} you cannot use \cls{scrartcl} because it does not provide
 %   the required |chapter| sectioning.
 %   Default is |scrbook|.
+%
+%   Please note that if you want to have the bibliography numbered or use an
+%   appendix with alpha-numbering (A, B, \dots), you want to explicitly use
+%   |scrreprt| as the base class; for some (currently unknown) reason this does
+%   not work with the default |scrbook|.
 % \end{function}
 % \begin{function}{paper}
 %   \begin{syntax}