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docs/ABI: tighten up the language 

Make the promises more firm

Closes #6786
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@ -9,17 +9,16 @@ ABI - Application Binary Interface
## Upgrades
In the vast majority of all cases, a typical libcurl upgrade does not break
the ABI at all. Your application can remain using libcurl just as before,
only with less bugs and possibly with added new features. You need to read
the release notes, and if they mention an ABI break/soname bump, you may have
to verify that your application still builds fine and uses libcurl as it now
is defined to work.
A libcurl upgrade does not break the ABI or change established and documented
behavior. Your application can remain using libcurl just as before, only with
less bugs and possibly with added new features.
## Version Numbers
In libcurl land, you really can't tell by the libcurl version number if that
libcurl is binary compatible or not with another libcurl version.
In libcurl land, you cannot tell by the libcurl version number if that
libcurl is binary compatible or not with another libcurl version. As a rule,
we don't break the ABI so you can *always* upgrade to a later version without
any loss or change in functionality.
## Soname Bumps
@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ ABI - Application Binary Interface
## History
The previous major library soname number bumps (breaking backwards
compatibility) have happened the following times:
compatibility) happened the following times:
0 - libcurl 7.1, August 2000