INSTALL: reword and copy-edit the "libcurl" section

Make the "libcurl" section shorter and more to the point, this is
mostly based on suggestions from [1].

1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/YTtxcBdF2VQdWp5C@coredump.intra.peff.net/

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 2021-09-11 11:34:16 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ Issues of note:
BLK_SHA1. Also included is a version optimized for PowerPC
(PPC_SHA1).
- "libcurl" library is used by git-http-fetch, git-fetch, and, if
the curl version >= 7.34.0, for git-imap-send. If you do not
use http:// or https:// repositories, and do not want to put
patches into an IMAP mailbox, you do not have to have them
(use NO_CURL).
- "libcurl" library is used for fetching and pushing
repositories over http:// or https://, as well as by
git-imap-send if the curl version is >= 7.34.0. If you do
not need that functionality, use NO_CURL to build without
it.
- "expat" library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional