--head on file://, some cleanups

RELEASE-NOTES

-Curl and libcurl 7.10.8 is out! A bugfix release.
+Curl and libcurl 7.10.8. A bugfix release.
 
 The 77th public curl release. Release number 104 counted from the very
 beginning.
 
 This release includes the following changes:
 
+ o --head now works on file:// URLs too
  o file: URLs with only one initial slash now works too
- o we include a RELEASE-NOTES document in the release archive to summarize
-   the big and visible changes and bugfixes
- o CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE was added, and --max-filesize.
- o CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION and CURLOPT_PASSWDDATA are no longer supported.
+ o RELEASE-NOTES document added to the release archive to summarize the big
+   and visible changes and bugfixes
+ o CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE was added, and --max-filesize
+ o CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION and CURLOPT_PASSWDDATA are no longer supported
  o IPv6 is now supported on Windows builds too
  o CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE lets you select pure IPv6 or IPv4 resolved addresses
    (curl offers the command line options -4/--ipv4 and -6/--ipv6)
  o GSS-Negotiate works fine with the MIT kerberos library
  o SPNEGO support added, if libcurl is built with the FBopenssl libraries,
    curl_version_info() can return a feature bit for it and curl -V displays
-   SPNEGO as a feature if libcurl is built with it enabled.
+   SPNEGO as a feature if libcurl is built with it enabled
  o easy handles added to a multi handle now share DNS cache automaticly
  o CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL and CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL were added
  o CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT was added
- o NTLM, Digest and GSS-Negotiate authentications should work even for HTTPS
-   over proxies
+ o NTLM, Digest and GSS-Negotiate authentications also work for HTTPS over
+   proxies
  o curl supports multiple -T flags to allow serveral uploaded files using
    a single command line
  o CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE can return the last FTP response code
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
  o a DNS cache trash (possible segfault) was fixed
  o runtests.pl clears all proxy environment variables before the test is run
  o Microsoft's "Negotiate" authentication is now supported by the existing
-   GSSNEGOTIATE option.
+   GSSNEGOTIATE option
  o A set zero-length proxy name confused libcurl
  o Digest authentication works again without OpenSSL on 64bit architectures
  o configure --enable-thread works now
@@ -64,14 +65,14 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
  o LDAP is again working nicely with the current OpenLDAP
  o asynch name lookup for non-resolving hosts now return a proper error message
  o CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST set to 1 no longer aborts if no CN field is
-   obtainable, it will merely warn about it.
+   obtainable, it will merely warn about it
  o name resolve segfault with uClibc fixed
  o multi interface and multi-part/formpost could end in segfault
  o curl_multi_info_read() sets the msgs_in_queue to 0 when returning NULL
  o multi interface, ares and non-resolving host caused a segfault
  o minor single SSL memory leak fixed
  o Setting CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION or CURLOPT_READFUNCTION to NULL resets them
-   to default.
+   to default
 
 Other curl-related news since the previous public release: