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  Changes between 0.9.1c and 0.9.2
 
+  *) First cut for a very conservative source tree cleanup:
+     1. merge various obsolete readme texts into doc/ssleay.txt
+     where we collect the old documents and readme texts.
+     2. remove the first part of files where I'm already sure that we no
+     longer need them because of three reasons: either they are just temporary
+     files which were left by Eric or they are preserved original files where
+     I've verified that the diff is also available in the CVS via "cvs diff
+     -rSSLeay_0_8_1b" or they were renamed (as it was definitely the case for
+     the crypto/md/ stuff).
+     [Ralf S. Engelschall]
+
   *) More extension code. Incomplete support for subject and issuer alt
      name, issuer and authority key id. Change the i2v function parameters
      and add an extra 'crl' parameter in the X509V3_CTX structure: guess