Backwards-compatibility subject to OPENSSL_API_COMPAT

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       o EC revision: now operations use new EC_KEY_METHOD.
       o Support for OCB mode added to libcrypto
       o Support for asynchronous crypto operations added to libcrypto and libssl
+      o Deprecated interfaces can now be disabled at build time either
+        relative to the latest relate via the "no-deprecated" Configure
+        argument, or via the "--api=1.1.0|1.0.0|0.9.8" option.
+      o Application software can be compiled with -DOPENSSL_API_COMPAT=version
+        to ensure that features deprecated before that version are not exposed.
 
   Major changes between OpenSSL 1.0.2d and OpenSSL 1.0.2e [3 Dec 2015]