Core Updates: Ensure that the system supports outgoing HTTPS requests before making an update check over HTTPS. Fixes a typo in [25219]. See #22704

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WP_HTTP: Clean up some comments style and remove outdated information.
The change to the proxy block here is for consistency, WP_HTTP_Proxy::block_request() is never called before parse_url() has successfully operated on the URL, and in the event we cannot read the URL, it shouldn't be requested.

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WP_HTTP: Add a filter for the available HTTP Transports to allow plugins to alter the order which HTTP Transports are tried, or to add their own.

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