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@bagder bagder commented Jan 20, 2026

Reduce mentions of libcurl versions like "since 7.xx ..." in option descriptions to reduce clutter and make the texts easier to read. Keep them in, or move them to, the HISTORY or DEPRECATED sections

The last version 7 release (7.88.1) shipped on Februrary 20, 2023.

Reduce mentions of libcurl versions like "since 7.xx ..." in option
descriptions to reduce clutter and make the texts easier to read. Keep
them in, or move them to, the HISTORY or DEPRECATED sections

The last version 7 release (7.88.1) shipped on Februrary 20, 2023.
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Pull request overview

This pull request removes "since 7.xx" version references from libcurl option descriptions to reduce clutter and improve readability. Version information is moved to HISTORY or DEPRECATED sections where appropriate, following the principle that the last version 7 release (7.88.1) shipped on February 20, 2023.

Changes:

  • Version references removed from DESCRIPTION sections across multiple documentation files
  • Version information preserved or moved to HISTORY/DEPRECATED sections
  • DEFAULT section text simplified by removing historical version notes

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Copilot reviewed 16 out of 16 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

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CURLOPT_URL.md Removed "Since 7.45.0" reference about scheme guessing; reformatted text for readability
CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_NPN.md Removed "since 7.86.0" from deprecation notice in DESCRIPTION
CURLOPT_SOCKS5_GSSAPI_SERVICE.md Removed "since 7.49.0" from deprecation notice in DESCRIPTION
CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION.md Removed "since 7.28.0" reference about CURLSOCKTYPE_ACCEPT
CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR.md Cleaned up DEFAULT section, removed historical version notes
CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS.md Cleaned up DEFAULT section, removed historical version notes
CURLOPT_PROXY.md Moved HTTPS proxy backend version information to HISTORY section
CURLOPT_POST.md Removed "Since 7.66.0" reference about automatic chunked encoding
CURLOPT_NOPROXY.md Moved CIDR notation version information to new HISTORY section
CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP.md Updated DEFAULT section and added HISTORY section with version note
CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER.md Moved version information about buffer initialization to new HISTORY section
CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY.md Removed "Since 7.86.0" reference about WebSocket support
CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR.md Moved non-OpenSSL support version info to HISTORY section
CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL.md Removed "since 7.54.1" reference
CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET.md Moved deprecation version to DEPRECATED section
CURLINFO_COOKIELIST.md Removed "Since 7.43.0" reference about cookie export behavior

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