libcurl docs: reduce 'since ...' in descriptions

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.

Closes #20369
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@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ You can disable this header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3) as usual.
If you use POST to an HTTP 1.1 server, you can send data without knowing the
size before starting the POST if you use chunked encoding. You enable this by
adding a header like "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" with
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3). With HTTP 1.0 or without chunked transfer, you
must specify the size in the request. (Since 7.66.0, libcurl automatically
uses chunked encoding for POSTs if the size is unknown.)
adding a header like "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).
With HTTP 1.0 or without chunked transfer, you must specify the size in the
request. libcurl automatically uses chunked encoding for POSTs if the size is
unknown.
When setting CURLOPT_POST(3) to 1, libcurl automatically sets
CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) and CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) to 0.