VOL-4840 - Tracking ticket for release documentation.

conf.py
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  o Define more external link macros to shorten URLs.

Misc
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  o Updated comments on version strings and misc items.

Change-Id: Ib4bc650e575bdc4b5c6a666c4147c8b93a41e797
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6eb05b9..c62007a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.11.0-dev6
+2.11.0-dev7