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-Please see the Ardour web site at http://ardour.org/ for all documentation..
+Please see the Ardour web site at https://ardour.org/ for all documentation..
 
 For information on building ardour: 
       
-     http://ardour.org/development.html
+     https://ardour.org/development.html