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commit f8be505ebf987ff74075122e2914b1be8bb3fef5
Author: Matt Caswell <matt at openssl.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 13 12:05:28 2017 +0100

    Remove duplicated text
    
    A large section of text is duplicated in faq-5-misc.txt and should be
    removed.
    
    Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh at openssl.org>
    (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/16)

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Summary of changes:
 docs/faq-5-misc.txt | 109 ----------------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 109 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/faq-5-misc.txt b/docs/faq-5-misc.txt
index 5fd83c5..2848462 100644
--- a/docs/faq-5-misc.txt
+++ b/docs/faq-5-misc.txt
@@ -110,112 +110,3 @@ in the next minor release.
 
 It was decided after the release of OpenSSL 0.9.8y the next version should
 be 0.9.8za then 0.9.8zb and so on.
-
-The current version is available from @@@https://www.openssl.org@@@.
-
-In addition to the current stable release, you can also access daily
-snapshots of the OpenSSL development version at 
-@@@https://www.openssl.org/source/snapshot/@@@, or get
-it by anonymous Git access.
-
-* Where is the documentation?
-
-OpenSSL is a library that provides cryptographic functionality to
-applications such as secure web servers.  Be sure to read the
-documentation of the application you want to use.  The INSTALL file
-explains how to install this library.
-
-OpenSSL includes a command line utility that can be used to perform a
-variety of cryptographic functions.  It is described in the openssl(1)
-manpage.  Documentation for developers is currently being written. Many
-manual pages are available; overviews over libcrypto and
-libssl are given in the crypto(7)
-and ssl(7) manpages.
-
-The OpenSSL manpages are installed in /usr/local/ssl/man/ (or a
-different directory if you specified one as described in INSTALL).
-In addition, you can read the most current versions at
-@@@https://www.openssl.org/docs/@@@. Note that the online documents refer
-to the very latest development versions of OpenSSL and may include features
-not present in released versions. If in doubt refer to the documentation
-that came with the version of OpenSSL you are using. The pod format
-documentation is included in each OpenSSL distribution under the docs
-directory.
-
-* How can I contact the OpenSSL developers?
-
-The README file describes how to submit bug reports and patches to
-OpenSSL.  Information on the OpenSSL mailing lists is available from
-@@@https://www.openssl.org/community/mailinglists.html@@@.
-
-* Where can I get a compiled version of OpenSSL?
-
-You can finder pointers to binary distributions in
-@@@https://www.openssl.org/community/binaries.html@@@.
-
-Some applications that use OpenSSL are distributed in binary form.
-When using such an application, you don't need to install OpenSSL
-yourself; the application will include the required parts (e.g. DLLs).
-
-If you want to build OpenSSL on a Windows system and you don't have
-a C compiler, read the "Mingw32" section of INSTALL.W32 for information
-on how to obtain and install the free GNU C compiler.
-
-A number of Linux and *BSD distributions include OpenSSL.
-
-* Why aren't tools like 'autoconf' and 'libtool' or 'cmake' used?
-
-A number of these tools are great and wonderful, but are usually
-centered around one or a few platforms.  'autoconf' and 'libtool' are
-Unix centric.  'cmake' is a bit more widely spread, but not enough to
-cover the platforms we support.
-
-For OpenSSL 1.1, we decided to base our build system on perl,
-information files and build file (Makefile) templates, thereby
-covering all the systems we support.  Perl was the base language of
-choice because we already use it in diverse scripts, and it's one of
-the most widely spread scripting languages.
-
-* What is an 'engine' version?
-
-With version 0.9.6 OpenSSL was extended to interface to external crypto
-hardware. This was realized in a special release '0.9.6-engine'. With
-version 0.9.7 the changes were merged into the main development line,
-so that the special release is no longer necessary.
-
-* How do I check the authenticity of the OpenSSL distribution?
-
-We provide PGP signatures and a variety of digests on each release.
-For example, one of the following might work on your system:
-
-<PRE>
-    sha1sum TARBALL | awk '{print $1;}' | cmp - TARBALL.sha1
-    sha256sum TARBALL | awk '{print $1;}' | cmp - TARBALL.sha256
-</PRE>
-
-You can check authenticity using pgp or gpg. You need the OpenSSL OMC
-member public key used to sign it (download it from a key server or see a
-list of keys at @@@https://www.openssl.org/community/omc.html@@@). Then
-just do:
-
-<PRE>
-    pgp TARBALL.asc
-</PRE>
-
-* How does the versioning scheme work?
-
-After the release of OpenSSL 1.0.0 the versioning scheme changed. Letter
-releases (e.g. 1.0.1a) can only contain bug and security fixes and no
-new features. Minor releases change the last number (e.g. 1.0.2) and
-can contain new features that retain binary compatibility. Changes to
-the middle number are considered major releases and neither source nor
-binary compatibility is guaranteed.
-
-Therefore the answer to the common question "when will feature X be
-backported to OpenSSL 1.0.0/0.9.8?" is "never" but it could appear
-in the next minor release.
-
-* What happens when the letter release reaches z?
-
-It was decided after the release of OpenSSL 0.9.8y the next version should
-be 0.9.8za then 0.9.8zb and so on.
