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Update Doc/library/gzip.rst
set versionchanged to next

Co-authored-by: Pieter Eendebak <pieter.eendebak@gmail.com>
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morotti and eendebakpt authored Jul 18, 2025
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Doc/library/gzip.rst
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Expand Up @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The module defines the following items:
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.

.. versionchanged:: 3.14
.. versionchanged:: next
The default compression level was reduced to 6 (down from 9).
It is the default level used by most compression tools and a better
tradeoff between speed and performance.
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