Add link to config format docs
use github issues
more reliable and portable means to finding config
Use SSL to connect to PAUSE

Pause has a "proper" SSL cert, so there should be no problems
using SSL.

Fixes #67152: SSL connection to PAUSE?
Use 'dev' in UA if VERSION isn't defined yet

This fixes an annoyance that happens when testing code
that dzil hasn't added $VERSION to yet.
credit for SSL, also prereq
v0.103003

          use https by default (thanks, Mike Doherty)